AB8 (star)
id:
ab8-star-182-7073521
title:
AB8 (star)
text:
AB8, also known as SMC WR8, is a binary star in the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC). A Wolf-Rayet star and a main sequence companion of spectral type O orbit in a period of 16.638 days. It is one of only nine known WO stars, the only Wolf-Rayet star in the SMC not on the nitrogen sequence, and the only Wolf-Rayet star in the SMC outside the main bar.
brand slug:
wiki
category slug:
encyclopedia
description:
Binary star located in the Small Magellanic Cloud in the constellation Hydrus
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AB8_(star)
date created:
2016-04-13T23:04:40Z
date modified:
2024-09-06T11:56:03Z
main entity:
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image:
{"content_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/56/NGC_602c_HLA.jpg","width":996,"height":900}
fields total:
13
integrity:
16