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BF Orionis
BF Orionis is a young Herbig Ae/Be star in the constellation of Orion about 1250 light years away, within the Orion Nebula. It is the most massive star of the small birth cluster of four stars.

Properties

BF Orionis is a Herbig Ae/Be star variable similar to UX Orionis. It is still accreting mass, producing about 2L☉ through the release of gravitational energy, and is surrounded by a massive, optically thick protoplanetary disk of 0.005±0.002M☉ visible nearly edge-on. The brightness of the star is strongly variable, with irregular deep minima down to 13th magnitude. The variations are suspected to be partly caused by a brown dwarf or massive planet embedded in the protoplanetary disk, together with very large comets.

Unlike typical Herbig Ae/Be stars, 90-95% of which do not have detectable magnetic fields, BF Orionis has a fairly strong longitudinal magnetic field of −144±21 gauss. It also has small (0.11 magnitude) short-period, single-mode pulsations of the Delta Scuti type.

References

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