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Hubble image of LMC X-1 (right side: star in the red circle) and NGC 2079 (nebula on the left)
Observation data
Epoch J2000 Equinox J2000
ConstellationDorado
Right ascension05 39 38.8284
Declination−69° 44′ 35.5315″
Apparent magnitude (V)14.612 ± 0.1711
Characteristics
Evolutionary stageX-ray binary
Spectral typeO8 IIIf or O8 f?p2
Astrometry
Radial velocity (R)309.12 ± 0.3332 km/s
Proper motion (μ)RA: 1.889 ± 0.020 mas/yr3
Dec.: 0.622 ± 0.023 mas/yr3
Distance180,000 ly
(55,000 pc)2
Orbit 4
Primarygiant star
Nameblack hole
Period (P)3.90917 ± 0.00005 days
Semi-major axis (a)36.49 ± 1.51 R
Eccentricity (e)<0.0256 ± 0.0066
Inclination (i)36.38 ± 2.02°
Semi-amplitude (K)
(secondary)
71.61 ± 1.10 km/s
Details 4
star
Mass31.79 ± 3.48 M
Radius17.0 ± 0.8 R
Surface gravity (log g)3.485 ± 0.018 cgs
Temperature33,000 to 35,0002 K
Rotational velocity (v sin i)129.9 ± 2.2 km/s
Age5 Myr
black hole
Mass10.91 ± 1.41 M
Other designations
2MASS J05393883-6944356, 2E 1522, 1RXS J053938.8-694515
Database references
SIMBADdata

LMC X-1

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Footnotes

  1. Zaritsky, Dennis; Harris, Jason; Thompson, Ian B.; Grebel, Eva K. (2004-10-01). “The Magellanic Clouds Photometric Survey: The Large Magellanic Cloud Stellar Catalog and Extinction Map”. The Astronomical Journal. 128 (4): 1606–1614. arXiv:astro-ph/0407006. Bibcode:2004AJ…128.1606Z. doi:10.1086/423910. ISSN 0004-6256.

  2. Hyde, E. A.; Russell, D. M.; Ritter, A.; Filipović, M. D.; Kaper, L.; Grieve, K.; O’Brien, A. N. (2017-09-01). “LMC X-1: A New Spectral Analysis of the O-star in the Binary and Surrounding Nebula”. Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. 129 (979): 094201. arXiv:1706.01203. Bibcode:2017PASP..129i4201H. doi:10.1088/1538-3873/aa7407. ISSN 0004-6280. 2 3 4

  3. Vallenari, A.; et al. (Gaia collaboration) (2023). “Gaia Data Release 3. Summary of the content and survey properties”. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 674: A1. arXiv:2208.00211. Bibcode:2023A&A…674A…1G. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202243940. S2CID 244398875. Gaia DR3 record for this source at VizieR. 2

  4. Orosz, Jerome A.; Steeghs, Danny; McClintock, Jeffrey E.; Torres, Manuel A. P.; Bochkov, Ivan; Gou, Lijun; Narayan, Ramesh; Blaschak, Michael; Levine, Alan M.; Remillard, Ronald A.; Bailyn, Charles D.; Dwyer, Morgan M.; Buxton, Michelle (2009-05-04). “A NEW DYNAMICAL MODEL FOR THE BLACK HOLE BINARY LMC X-1﹡”. The Astrophysical Journal. 697 (1): 573–591. arXiv:0810.3447. Bibcode:2009ApJ…697..573O. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/697/1/573. ISSN 0004-637X. 2