WDS 16294-2626 GNT 1 (Antares) : NOTES
 
 
discov_num notes refcode
GNT 1 alp Sco = 21 Sco = Antares. The primary is variable: irregular or
semiregular with a trace of a 5.8 yr period. B__1953a
Mk III Limb-darkened diameter 39.759 +/- 0.399 mas. MkT2003
Duplicity of Antares discovered by a lunar occultation observed at
Vienna by Johann Tobias Burg 13 April 1819. Dnh2015
Composite spectrum; M1.5Iab-Ib+B4Ve.
Parabolic orbit by Hopmann (1957). Hop1957b
sigma = areal constant in the true orbit = 0.04448 arcsec^2/yr
q = periastron distance in the true orbit = 2".2055
See Baize & Petit (1989) catalog of doubles with variable component. Baz1989d
 
 
REFERENCES
 
 
refcode metd author reference
B__1953a Ma - van den Bos, W.H. 1953CiUO..113..185V
B__1953a Union Obs. Johannesburg Circ. 113, 185, 1953
Baz1989d - Baize, P. & Petit, M. 1989A&AS...77..497B
Baz1989d A&AS 77, 497, 1989
Dnh2015 O - Dunham, D.W., George, A., Loader, B., Herald, D. & Richichi, A. .
Dnh2015 IAU GA Division G poster 1.11, 2015
Hop1957b orb - Hopmann, J. 1957MiWie...9..135H
Hop1957b Mitt. Sternw. Wien 9, 135-142, 1957
Izm2019 orb u Izmailov, I.S. 2019AstL...45...30I
Izm2019 Ast. Lett. 45, 30, 2019
Izm2019 (Orbital elements from weighted solutions used when available (Table 2),
Izm2019 unweighted elements (Table 1) used for remaining 29 systems.)
MkT2003 Km - Mozurkewich, D., Armstrong, J.T., Hindsley, R., Quirrenbach, A., Hummel, C.A., 2003AJ....126.2502M
MkT2003 +not Hutter, D., Johnston, K.J., Hajian, A., Elias, N.M., II, Buscher, D., & Simon, R.
MkT2003 AJ 126, 2502, 2003
 
 
DISCOVERER
 
 
idgroup discov author
1 GNT Grant (from additional DD list)
 
 
WDS HISTORIC DATA
 
 
coord_2000 discov_num comp epoch obs pa sep mag_pri mag_sec spectr notes coord_arcsec_2000
16294-2626 GNT 1 1997 140 274 2.5 0.96 5.40 M1 NOD 162924.47-262555.0
16294-2626 GNT 1 2014 142 277 2.6 0.96 5.40 M1 NOD 162924.47-262555.0
16294-2626 GNT 1 2016 145 276 3.2 0.96 5.40 M1 NO 162924.47-262555.0
16294-2626 GNT 1 2019 146 275 2.8 0.96 5.40 M1 NO 162924.47-262555.0

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