Luminous variables in the Quintuplet cluster

Details Luminous variables in the Quintuplet cluster Luminous variables in the Quintuplet cluster

Mar 1999

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1999mnras.304l..10g&link_type=abstract

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 304, Issue 1, pp. L10-L14.

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Supergiants, Stars: Variables: Other, Galaxy: Centre, Open Clusters And Associations: General

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We report observations of variability amongst the stars of the `Quintuplet' cluster located about 30 pc in projection from the centre of the Galaxy. Two of the five cocoon star members, which may be protostars or peculiar Wolf-Rayet stars, are seen to vary slowly with moderate amplitude (0.4-0.5 mag). The bright star within the `Pistol' H ii region, suspected of being a luminous blue variable (LBV), has in fact been found to show variability, confirming its tentative classification. A second nearby presumed LBV also varies. One of the apparent Quintuplet members is likely to be a Mira variable along the same line of sight.

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