A very massive spectroscopic binary in the LH 54 OB association in the Large Magellanic Cloud
Abstract
We announce the discovery of a new early-type, double-lined spectroscopic binary in the LH 54 OB association in the Large Magellanic Cloud. We present a V light curve and radial velocities. We investigate the possible configurations of the system, concluding that it probably contains the most massive star measured at the present, with a mass of the order of 100 Msolar, while its companion has approximately 50 Msolar.
- Publication:
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Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
- Pub Date:
- October 2002
- DOI:
- 10.1046/j.1365-8711.2002.05754.x
- arXiv:
- arXiv:astro-ph/0205028
- Bibcode:
- 2002MNRAS.336..309O
- Keywords:
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- binaries: eclipsing;
- stars: early-type;
- stars: fundamental parameters;
- stars: individual: LH 54-425;
- Magellanic Clouds;
- Astrophysics
- E-Print:
- 7 pages, 5 figures. MNRAS, accepted