Star?

I love the brightness of this one.Would love to see the entire object.

Posted March 16, 2013 2:38 AM

Nice find:-) I think that this is HR 5692, a binary system with a Red Giant and a White Dwarf Companion.

Posted March 16, 2013 10:43 AM

It was a bit fiddly to pin down, but if it is HR 5692 then this may be of interest:
http://iopscience.iop.org/1538-3881/141/5/144/
"We report spectroscopic observations of the red giant star HR 5692, previously known to be a binary system both from other spectroscopic work and from deviations in the astrometric motion detected by the Hipparcossatellite. Earlier International Ultraviolet Explorer(IUE) observations had shown the presence of a hot white dwarf companion to the giant primary"

Posted March 16, 2013 10:46 AM

by Padme-1

Wow thanks so much for all of the info.Much appreciated.

Posted March 17, 2013 2:31 AM

by Mjtbarrett

Sadly my bigger image has disappeared! Someone else likes this star though:-) check out the forum http://www.galaxyzooforum.org/index.php?topic=270719.msg628901 #msg628901 for a post in the Best Stars thread by TonyWei.
Thanks for posting it bajik. 😃

Posted March 17, 2013 8:33 AM

by Mjtbarrett

I'm not sure why the big image that I posted has disappeared. It may be that SkyServer is down or something; or maybe I haven't linked it properly. Still, the information you might want, including bigger pictures, should be here: http://server1.wikisky.org/starview?object_type=1&object_id=3804 Don't be put off by the title. See the "proper Names" box on the right hand side and you'll see HR 5692 listed there.

Hope that this helps.

Posted March 17, 2013 10:07 AM