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ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS
Volume 396, Issue 2, Pages 533-538Publisher
EDP SCIENCES S A
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20021373
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stars : emission line,Be; stars : fundamental parameters; stars : Wolf-Rayet; Galaxy : open clusters and associations : general
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We report the discovery of a new Wolf-Rayet star in the direction of Cygnus. The star is strongly reddened but quite bright in the infrared, with J = 9.22, H = 8.08 and K-S = 7.09 (2MASS). On the basis of its H + K spectrum, we have classified WR 142a aWC8 star. We have estimated its properties using as a reference those of other WC8 stars in the solar neighbourhood as well as those of WR 135, whose near-infrared spectrum is remarkably similar. We thus obtain a foreground reddening of A(V) similar or equal to 8.1 mag, M-J similar or equal to -4.3, log(L/L.) similar to 5.0-5.2, R = 0.8 R., T similar or equal to 125 000 K, M = 7.9-9.7 M.,. (M) over dot = (1.4-2.3) x 10(-5) M. yr(-1). The derived distance modulus, DM = 11.2 +/- 0.7 mag, places it in a region occupied by several OB associations in the Cygnus arm, and particularly in the outskirts of both Cygnus OB2 and Cygnus OB9. The position in the sky alone does not allow us to unambiguously assign the star to either association, but based on the much richer massive star content of Cygnus OB2 membership in this latter association appears to be more likely.
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