| Issue |
A&A
Volume 408, Number 2, September III 2003
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|
|---|---|---|
| Page(s) | 689 - 692 | |
| Section | Stellar structure and evolution | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031089 | |
| Published online | 17 November 2003 | |
Research Note
A WN4 companion to BD +62°2296 in Cas OB5*
1
Dpto. de Física, Ing. de Sistemas y Teoría de la Señal, Universidad de Alicante, Apdo. 99, 03080 Alicante, Spain
2
Observatoire de Strasbourg, 11 rue de l'Université, 67000 Strasbourg, France
Corresponding author: ignacio@dfists.ua.es
Received:
19
March
2003
Accepted:
7
July
2003
I report observations of the triple system BD +62°2296 showing that all its components are early-type stars, most likely physically related. The faintest component BD +62°2296B is a hitherto uncatalogued Wolf-Rayet star. The brightest component, star A, is shown to be a seemingly normal B2.5Ia supergiant. Long-slit spectroscopy of BD +62°2296B shows it to be a narrow-lined WN4 star. Given the spatial separation, the two objects are unlikely to form a physical binary. Spectra of the third visual component, BD +62°2296C, allow its classification as a B0III star. Such concentration of massive stars strongly suggests that BD +62°2296 is in reality a very compact young open cluster in the area of the OB association Cas OB5.
Key words: stars: early-type / stars: distances / stars: Wolf-Rayet / stars: individual: BD +62°2296 / stars: binaries: close / stars: binaries: spectroscopic
© ESO, 2003
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