WR 136

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WR 136
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WR 136
Observation data
Epoch J2000      Equinox J2000
Constellation Cygnus
Right ascension 20h 12m 06.5421s[1]
Declination +38° 21′ 17.779″[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) 7.50[2]
Characteristics
Spectral type WN6(h)-s[3]
U−B color index -0.37[2]
B−V color index 0.01[2]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv) −21.6[4] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: −7.54[1] mas/yr
Dec.: −7.38[1] mas/yr
Parallax (π) 1.38 ± 0.46[1] mas
Distance approx. 2,400 ly
(approx. 700 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV) −4.7[3]
Details
Mass 15[3] M
Radius 3.34[3] R
Luminosity 260,000[3] L
Temperature 70,800[3] K
Rotation 37[5]
Age 4.7[6] Myr
Other designations
V1770 Cyg, AG+38 1977, GSC 03151-01765, BD+37 3821, HD 192163, HIP 99546, GC 28056, SAO 69592.
Database references
SIMBAD data

WR 136 is a Wolf–Rayet star located in the constellation Cygnus. It is in the center of the Crescent Nebula. Its age is estimated to be around 4.7 million years and it is nearing the end of its life. Within a few hundred thousand years, it is expected to explode as a supernova.[6]

Features

According to recent estimations, WR 136 is 250,000 times brighter than our Sun, 15 times more massive, and 3.3 times larger. Its surface temperature is around 70,000° Kelvin.[3]

WR 136 blew off a shell of material when it became a red supergiant around 120,000-240,000 years ago with a mass of around 5 M and this is still expanding at 80 km/s.[7] Currently, its fast stellar wind, ejected from the star at around 3.8 million mph (1,700 km/s[8]), is catching up to the material ejected from the star and shaping it into a shell. UV rays emitted from WR 136's hot surface cause the shell to glow.[7]

There's certain evidence WR 136 may be a binary star. Its companion would be a low-mass star of spectral classification K or M that would complete an orbit around the Wolf-Rayet star each 5.13 days, being the system the progenitor of a low-mass X-ray binary.[9]

References

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Further reading

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