Discovery of a bipolar and highly variable mass outflow from the symbiotic binary StHα 190
/ Authors
U. Munari, T. Tomov, B. Yudin, P. Marrese, T. Zwitter, R. Gratton, G. Bonanno, P. Bruno, A. Calì, R. Claudi
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R. Cosentino, S. Desidera, G. Farisato, G. Martorana, G. Marino, M. Rebeschini, S. Scuderi, M. Timpanaro
/ Abstract
A highly and rapidly variable bipolar mass outflow from StH 190 has been discovered, the rst time in a yellow symbiotic star. Permitted emission lines are flanked by symmetrical jet features and multi-component P-Cyg proles, with velocities up to 300 km s 1 . Given the high orbital inclination of the binary, if the jets leave the system nearly perpendicular to the orbital plane, the de-projected velocity equals or exceeds the escape velocity (1000 km s 1 ). StH 190 looks quite peculiar in many other respects: the hot component is an O-type sub-dwarf without an accretion disk or a veiling nebular continuum and the cool component is a G7 III star rotating at a spectacular 105 km s 1 , unseen by a large margin in eld G giants.
Journal: Astronomy and Astrophysics