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ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
Volume 649, Issue 2, Pages L103-L106Publisher
UNIV CHICAGO PRESS
DOI: 10.1086/508328
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binaries : eclipsing; Galaxy : center; stars : early-type
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We report on the spectroscopic monitoring of GCIRS 16SW, an Ofpe/WN9 star and LBV candidate in the central parsec of the Galaxy. SINFONI observations show strong daily spectroscopic changes in the K band. Radial velocities are derived from the He I 2.112 mu m line complex and vary regularly with a period of 19.45 days, indicating that the star is most likely an eclipsing binary. Under various assumptions, we are able to derive a mass of similar to 50 M circle dot for each component.
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