AB7

AB7

AB7 is the brightest white star at the centre of the cavity within the nebula, not the brighter reddish star. False colour image: red is HI; green is OIII; blue is HeIII.
Observation data
Epoch J2000.0      Equinox J2000.0
Constellation Tucana
Right ascension 01h 03m 35.93s
Declination −72° 03 22.0
Apparent magnitude (V) 13.016
Characteristics
Spectral type WN4 + O6I(f)
U−B color index −1.021
B−V color index −0.062
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)172 km/s
Distance197,000 ly
(61,000 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)−6.1 (−4.4 + −5.7)
Orbit
Period (P)19.560±0.0005 d
Eccentricity (e)0.07±0.02
Inclination (i)68+22
−15
°
Periastron epoch (T)2,451,549.2±0.8
Argument of periastron (ω)
(primary)
101±16°
Semi-amplitude (K1)
(primary)
196±4 km/s
Semi-amplitude (K2)
(secondary)
101±2 km/s
Details
WR
Mass23 M
Radius3.4 R
Luminosity1,259,000 L
Surface gravity (log g)4.7 cgs
Temperature105,000 K
O
Mass44 M
Radius14 R
Luminosity316,000 L
Surface gravity (log g)3.6 cgs
Temperature36,000 K
Rotational velocity (v sin i)150 km/s
Age3.4 Myr
Other designations
AB 7, SMC WR 7, OGLE SMC-SC9 37124, SBC9 2395, AzV 336a
Database references
SIMBADdata

AB7, also known as SMC WR7, is a binary star in the Small Magellanic Cloud. A Wolf–Rayet star and a supergiant companion of spectral type O orbit in a period of 19.56 days. The system is surrounded by a ring-shaped nebula known as a bubble nebula.