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The Erupting Star in HD5980: A Rapid Rotator?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 May 2016

Leonid Georgiev  and
Gloria Koenigsberger
Leonid Georgiev
Affiliation:
Instituto de Astronomía, UNAM, Mexico D.F., Mexico
Gloria Koenigsberger
Affiliation:
Centro de Ciencias Físicas, UNAM, Morelos, Mexico

Abstract

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We present evidence suggesting that the star that erupted in 1994 in the SMC multiple system HD 5980 has v sin i ~230 km s–1, which is close to the breakup velocity for this star.

Type
Session 1 Observations of Rotating Stars
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 215: Stellar Rotation , 2004 , pp. 111 - 112
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 2004 

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