Spectroscopy,<i>MOST</i>photometry, and interferometry of MWC 314: is it an LBV or an interacting binary?
Spectroscopy,<i>MOST</i>photometry, and interferometry of MWC 314: is it an LBV or an interacting binary?
MWC 314 is a bright candidate luminous blue variable (LBV) that resides in a fairly close binary system, with an orbital period of 60.753 ± 0.003 d. We observed MWC 314 with a combination of optical spectroscopy, broad-band ground- and space-based photometry, as well as with long baseline, near-infrared interferometry. …