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Interesting Variables near the Quintuplet Cluster

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 May 2016

I. S. Glass ,
S. Matsumoto ,
B. S. Carter  and
K. Sekiguchi
I. S. Glass
Affiliation:
South African Astronomical Observatory, PO Box 9, Observatory, 7935, South Africa
S. Matsumoto
Affiliation:
Institute of Astr., University of Tokyo, Mitaka, Tokyo 181, Japan
B. S. Carter
Affiliation:
Carter Observatory, PO Box 2909, Wellington, New Zealand
K. Sekiguchi
Affiliation:
National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, 650 North A′ ohoku Place, Hilo, HI 96720, USA

Abstract

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Two of the five cocoon stars in the “Quintuplet” cluster of young, luminous objects, located about 30 pc in projection from the Galactic Centre, are variables. The nearby “Pistol Star”, also called the “Serendipitous Star”, and a similar object, both suspected on spectroscopic grounds of being Luminous Blue Variables, have indeed been found to vary, confirming their tentative classification. A further variable apparent member of the cluster is probably a Mira in the same line of sight.

Type
Part 2: The Database
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 192: The Stellar Content of Local Group Galaxies , 1999 , pp. 81 - 84
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 1999 

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