Analysis of Interstellar Extinction towards the Hypergiant Cyg OB2 No. 12

O. V. Maryeva, E. L. Chentsov, V. P. Goranskij, S. V. Karpov
2016 Open Astronomy  
AbstractThe Cyg OB2 stellar association hosts an entire zoo of unique objects, and among them – an enigmatic star Cyg OB2 No. 12 (Schulte 12, MT 304). MT 304 is enigmatic not only due to its highest luminosity (according to various estimates, it is one of the brightest stars in the Galaxy), but also because its reddening is anomalously large, greater than the mean reddening in the association. To explain the nature of anomalous reddening (
doi:10.1515/astro-2017-0108 fatcat:ur4ikvta25d4dn64alxwppxcpm