Flashcards: IRAS catalogue objects

S Cassiopeiae (S Cas, HD 7769) is a Mira variable star in the constellation Cassiopeia.

HD 37974 (or R 126) a variable B[e] hypergiant in the Large Magellanic Cloud.

Theta Muscae (θ Mus) is a multiple star system in the southern constellation Musca ("the Fly") with an apparent magnitude of 5.

IRC-10414 is a red supergiant and runaway star in the constellation Scutum, a rare case of a red supergiant with a bow shock.

WR 104 is a triple star system located about 7,500 light years from Earth.

WR 31a is a Wolf-Rayet (WR) star in the southern constellation of Carina that is surrounded by an expanding Wolf-Rayet nebula.

AC Herculis, is an RV Tauri variable and spectroscopic binary star in the constellation of Hercules.

V915 Scorpii (HR 6392, HD 155603) is an orange hypergiant variable star in the constellation Scorpius.

RV Tauri (RV Tau) is a star in the constellation Taurus.

HP Lyrae is a variable star in the constellation Lyra, with a visual magnitude between 10.

MWC 349 is a double (likely, triple) star system in the constellation Cygnus.

BC Cygni (BC Cyg / HIP 100404 / BD + 37 3903) is a variable star in the constellation Cygnus average apparent magnitude +9.

KY Cygni is a red supergiant of spectral class M3.

U Monocerotis (U Mon) is a variable star and spectroscopic binary in the constellation Monoceros.

BO Carinae (BO Car / HD 93420 / SAO 238447) is a variable star in the constellation Carina.

IRC +10216 or CW Leonis is a well-studied carbon star that is embedded in a thick dust envelope.

9 Cephei (9 Cep), also known as V337 Cephei, is a variable star in the constellation Cepheus.

IRC+10420, also known as V1302 Aql, is a yellow hypergiant star located in the constellation of Aquila at a distance of 4-6 kiloparsecs of the Sun.

V605 Aquilae, in the constellation Aquila, is the variable central star of the planetary nebula Abell 58.

R Capricorni (R Cap) is a star in the constellation of Capricornus.

V602 Carinae (V602 Car, HD 97671) is a variable star with a radius around 1,000 times the radius of the Sun.

U Equulei (U Equ / IRAS 20547 +0247) is a variable star in the Equuleus constellation with an apparent magnitude of +14.

IRAS 18162-2048 is a far-infrared source discovered by IRAS spacecraft in 1983.

VV Cephei, also known as HD 208816, is an eclipsing binary star system located in the constellation Cepheus, approximately 5,000 light years from Earth.

RW Cygni (RW Cyg / HIP 101023 / BD + 39 4208) is a variable star in the constellation Cygnus.

TW Horologii is a star in the constellation Horologium.

V528 Carinae (V528 Car / HD 95950 / HIP 54021) is a variable star in the constellation Carina.

W Aquilae (W Aql / SAO 143184 / GC 2525) is a variable star in the constellation Aquila.