HD 193793

GPTKB entity

Statements (33)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:star
gptkbp:alternativeName V1687 Cygni
WR 140
gptkbp:apparentMagnitude 6.85
gptkbp:binarySystem yes
gptkbp:binaryType colliding-wind binary
gptkbp:catalogue gptkb:Henry_Draper_Catalogue
gptkb:Wolf-Rayet_Catalogue
Variable Star Catalogue
gptkbp:constellation gptkb:Cygnus
gptkbp:declination +43° 51′ 16.3″
gptkbp:discoveredBy gptkb:Paul_W._Merrill
gptkbp:discoveredIn 1930
gptkbp:distanceFromEarth ~1,300 parsecs
gptkbp:eccentricity 0.88
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label HD 193793
gptkbp:luminosity ~1,000,000 times Sun (secondary)
~500,000 times Sun (primary)
gptkbp:mass ~20 solar masses (primary)
~50 solar masses (secondary)
gptkbp:notableFor gamma-ray emission
X-ray emission
dust formation at periastron
gptkbp:orbitType 7.94 years
gptkbp:parallax 0.08 mas
0.77 mas
gptkbp:rightAscension 20h 20m 27.98s
gptkbp:spectralType WC7pd+O5-6
gptkbp:temperature ~40,000 K (secondary)
~70,000 K (primary)
gptkbp:variableType Wolf-Rayet variable
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Wolf–Rayet_stars
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7