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Detection of a star escaping from the Orion Trapezium

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During studies of spectra of the star Θ1 Ori C with high photometric and spectral resolution we have discovered a system of spectral lines indicating a large negative radial velocity (RV). We designate this star as Θ1 Ori C3.

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  1. Institute of Space Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russia

    E. A. Vitrichenko

  2. Thüringer Landessternwarte Tautenburg, Tautenburg, Germany

    H. Lehmann

  3. Special Astrophysical Observatory, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russia

    V. Klochkova, L. Bychkova & V. Bychkov

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  1. E. A. Vitrichenko
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Correspondence to E. A. Vitrichenko.

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Translated from Astrofizika, Vol. 53, No. 2, pp. 337–339 (May 2010).

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Vitrichenko, E.A., Lehmann, H., Klochkova, V. et al. Detection of a star escaping from the Orion Trapezium. Astrophysics 53, 306–308 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10511-010-9120-2

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