Spectroscopic and photometric analysis of the early-type spectroscopic binary HD 161853 in the centre of an H II region

Aims. We study the O-type star HD 161853, which has been noted as a probable double-lined spectroscopic binary system. Methods. We secured high-resolution spectra of HD 161853 during the past nine years. We separated the two components in the system and measured their respective radial velocities fo...

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Autores: Gamen, R., Putkuri, C., Morrell, N. I., Barbá, R. H., Arias, J. I., Maíz Apellániz, Jesús, Walborn, N. R., Sota Ballano, Alfredo, Alfaro, Emilio J.
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2015
País:España
Institución:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repositorio:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
OAI Identifier:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/387066
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/387066
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Binaries: spectroscopic
Stars: early-type
Stars: individual: HD 161853
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Sumario:Aims. We study the O-type star HD 161853, which has been noted as a probable double-lined spectroscopic binary system. Methods. We secured high-resolution spectra of HD 161853 during the past nine years. We separated the two components in the system and measured their respective radial velocities for the first time. Results. We confirm that HD 161853 is an ~1 Ma old binary system consisting of an O8 V star (M ≥ 22 M) and a B1-3 V star (M ≥ 7.2 M) at about 1.3 kpc. From the radial velocity curve, we measure an orbital period P = 2.66765 ± 0.00001 d and an eccentricity e = 0.121 ± 0.007. Its V-band light curve is constant within 0.014 mag and does not display eclipses, from which we impose a maximum orbital inclination i = 54 deg. HD 161853 is probably associated with an H ii region and a poorly investigated very young open cluster. In addition, we detect a compact emission region at 50 arcsec to HD 161853 in 22 μm-WISE and 24 μm-Spitzer images, which may be identified as a dust wave piled up by the radiation pressure of the massive binary system. © ESO, 2015.