HD 168607 [SEP] constellation
HD 168607
HD 168607 (V4029 Sgr) is a blue hypergiant and luminous blue variable (LBV) star located in the constellation of Sagittarius, easy to see with amateur telescopes. It forms a pair with HD 168625, also a blue hypergiant and possible luminous blue variable, that can be seen at the south-east of M17, the Omega Nebula.
Physical properties.
HD 168607 is usually assumed to be at the same distance of the Omega Nebula (2.2 kiloparsecs, 7,200 light years, from the Sun
168607)
- V905 Scorpii (HD 160529)
- V1672 Aquilae (AFGL 2298)
- W1-243 (in Westerlund 1)
- V481 Scuti (LBV G24.73+0.69)
- GCIRS 34W
- MWC 930 (= V446 Scuti)
- Wray 16-137
- WS1 (discovered as WISE Shell 1)
- MN44
- MN48
LMC:
- S Doradus
- HD 269858 (= R127)
- HD 269006 (= R71)
- HD 269929 (= R143)