GCIRS 8*

GCIRS 8*

The bow shock around IRS 8 imaged by the Gemini Observatory
Observation data
Epoch J2000.0      Equinox J2000.0
Constellation Sagittarius
Right ascension 17h 45m 40.14s
Declination −28° 59′ 58.7″
Characteristics
Spectral type O
Database references
SIMBADdata

GCIRS 8* (Galactic Centre IRS 8*) is a young massive star in the Galactic Center region. IRS 8 is an infra-red source identified as a bowshock. The star causing the bowshock has been classified as an O5-O6 giant or supergiant several hundred thousand times as luminous as the sun. It is estimated to be 3.5 million years old, although if it is a binary then it would probably be older. The mass is estimated at 38 M☉.

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