Grace Olivier

Case Western Reserve University
University of Wyoming REU

Discovering Massive Runaway Stars

Background

Bowshocks are these fun clouds of gas that are heated up by stars moving quickly through gas clouds. They are shaped like the bowshock from the front of a boat. In general, they're pretty awesome.

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Table of Bowshocks I have found

l	b	Images	RA	DEC	Name(s)	USNO Info	Notes
Class A
59.9224	-1.9671	Wise Data	19:51:08.276	+22:49:53.92	G059.9224-01.9671	Star Chart Star List
64.9702	0.1208	Wise Data	19:54:40.538	+24:08:25.33	G064.9702+00.1208	Star Chart Star List
64.7582	0.2889	Wise Data	19:53:32.348	+28:08:25.33	G064.7582+00.2889	Star Chart Star List
74.3107	1.0038	Wise Data	20:14:51.058	+36:35:56.65	G074.3107+01.0038	Star Chart Star List	(My favorite :))
76.1585	0.6305	Wise Data	20:21:37.270	+37:55:03.20	G076.1585+00.6305	Star Chart Star List
78.5201	1.0652	Wise Data	20:26:46.788	+40:05:55.16	G078.5201+01.0652	Star Chart Star List
78.4215	1.0808	Wise Data	20:26:24.824	+40:01:38.74	G078.4215+01.0808	Star Chart Star List
78.2884	0.7828	Wise Data	20:27:16.642	+39:44:47.89	G078.2884+00.7828	Star Chart Star List
Class B
60.9218	-0.1178	Wise Data	19:46:22.684	+24:37:48.37	G060.9218-00.1178	Star Chart Star List
Class C
84.0501	0.6421	Wise Data	20:46:36.358	+44:15:22.59	G084.0501+00.6421	Star Chart Star List
85.8561	1.5014	Wise Data	20:49:15.786	+46:12:02.52	G085.8561+01.5014	Star Chart Star List