DD Microscopii

DD Microscopii
Observation data
Epoch J2000.0      Equinox J2000.0 (ICRS)
Constellation Microscopium
Right ascension 20h 51m 58.76157s [1]
Declination 33° 10 40.7037 [1]
Apparent magnitude (V) 11.0
Characteristics
Spectral type K2III[2]
Other designations
CD-43° 14304
Database references
SIMBADdata

DD Microscopii, also known as CD-43 14304, is a binary star system in the constellation Microscopium. Its apparent magnitude is 11.0.[1] It is a symbiotic star system composed of an orange giant of spectral type K2III and white dwarf in close orbit, with the smaller star ionizing the stellar wind of the larger star. The system is metal-poor. Combined with its high galactic latitude, this indicates that the star system has its origin in the galactic halo of the Milky Way.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 SIMBAD, DD Microscopii (accessed 25 March 2015)
  2. 1 2 Pereira, C.B.; Roig, F. (2009). "High-Resolution Spectroscopic Observations of Four Yellow-Type Symbiotic Stars: CD-43°14304, Hen 3-1213, Hen 3-863, and StHα 176". The Astronomical Journal. 137 (1): 118–28. Bibcode:2009AJ....137..118P. doi:10.1088/0004-6256/137/1/118.


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