Editing Thorne–Żytkow object (section)

== List of candidate TŻOs ==

{| class="wikitable"
|- 
! Candidate
! Right ascension
! Declination
! Location
! Discovery
! Notes
!| Refs
|-
| {{nowrap|[[HV 2112]]}}
| {{RA|01|10|03.87}}
| {{DEC|-72|36|52.6}}
| [[Small Magellanic Cloud]]
| 2014 
| Classified as a supergiant TZO candidate<ref name=levesque/><ref name=mcmillan>{{cite journal |title= Gaia DR2 Confirms that Candidate Thorne-Żytkow Object HV 2112 is in the Small Magellanic Cloud |journal= Research Notes of the American Astronomical Society | last = McMillan | first = Paul |publication-date= May 2018 |doi=   10.3847/2515-5172/aac0fb |bibcode= 2018RNAAS...2...18M |date= 2018 |volume= 2 |issue= 2 |page= 18 |s2cid= 125376171 |doi-access= free }}</ref><ref name=tout>{{cite journal |title= HV2112, a Thorne-Zytkow object or a super asymptotic giant branch star. |journal= Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society | last = Tout | first = Christopher |publication-date= November 2014 |doi= 10.1093/mnrasl/slu131 |bibcode= 2014MNRAS.445L..36T |date= 2014 |volume= 445 |pages= L36–L40 |doi-access= free |arxiv= 1406.6064 }}</ref><ref name=worley>{{cite journal |title= The proper motion of HV2112: a TŻO candidate in the SMC |journal= Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society | last = Worley | first = Clare |publication-date= June 2016 |doi= 10.1093/mnrasl/slw034 |bibcode=  2016MNRAS.459L..31W |date= 2016 |volume= 459 |issue= 1 |pages= L31–L35 |doi-access= free |arxiv= 1602.08479 }}</ref> or an [[Asymptotic giant branch|AGB]] star<ref name=beasor/>
| <ref name=levesque/><ref name=mcmillan/><ref name=tout/><ref name=worley/><ref name=beasor/>
|-
| {{nowrap|[[HV 11417]]}}
| {{RA|01|00|48.2}}
| {{DEC|-72|51|02.1}}
| [[Small Magellanic Cloud]]
| 2018
| Classified as an AGB star<ref name=beasor/> 
|<ref name=beasor/><ref name="ogrady">{{cite journal |last=O'Grady |first=Anna |date=2020 |title=Cool, Luminous, and Highly Variable Stars in the Magellanic Clouds from ASAS-SN: Implications for Thorne-Żytkow Objects and Super-asymptotic Giant Branch Stars |journal=Astrophysical Journal |publication-date=September 2020 |volume=901 |issue=2 |page=135 |arxiv=2008.06563 |bibcode=2020ApJ...901..135O |doi=10.3847/1538-4357/abafad |s2cid=221140015 |doi-access=free}}</ref>
|-
| {{nowrap|[[VX Sagittarii]]}}
| {{RA|18|08|04.04831}}
| {{DEC|-22|13|26.6327}}
| [[Sagittarius (constellation)|Sagittarius]]
| 2021
| Classified as red supergiant, red hypergiant or a possible super-AGB star<ref name=tabernero>{{cite journal |arxiv=2011.09184 |last1=Tabernero |first1=Hugo M. |last2=Dorda Laforet |first2=Ricardo |last3=Negueruela Díez |first3=Ignacio |last4=Marfil |first4=Emilio Gómez |title=The nature of VX Sagitarii |journal=Astronomy & Astrophysics |year=2021 |volume=646 |pages=A98 |doi=10.1051/0004-6361/202039236 |s2cid=227013580 }}</ref>
| <ref name=tabernero /><ref name=farmer>{{cite journal|arxiv=2305.07337 |doi=10.1093/mnras/stad1977 |doi-access=free |title=Observational predictions for Thorne–Żytkow objects |date=2023 |last1=Farmer |first1=R. |last2=Renzo |first2=M. |last3=Götberg |first3=Y. |last4=Bellinger |first4=E. |last5=Justham |first5=S. |last6=De Mink |first6=S. E. |journal=Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society |volume=524 |issue=2 |pages=1692–1709 }}</ref>
|-
| {{nowrap|[[V595 Cassiopeiae]]}}
| {{RA|01|43|02.72}}
| {{DEC|+56|30|46.02}}
| [[Cassiopeia (constellation)|Cassiopeia]]
| 2002
|
| <ref name=2002ASPC..263..131K>{{cite conference
 |title= A Spectroscopic Search for Massive Thorne-Żytkow Objects
 |first1=Marc J. |last1=Kuchner |author-link1=Marc Kuchner  |first2=David |last2=Vakil
 |first3=Verne V. |last3=Smith  |first4=David L. |last4=Lambert |author-link4=David L. Lambert
 |first5=Bertrand |last5=Plez  |first6=E. Sterl |last6=Phinney
 |bibcode=2002ASPC..263..131K
 |url=https://aspbooks.org/publications/263/131.pdf
 |conference=Stellar Collisions, Mergers and Their Consequences <!--"A symposium in celebration of the opening of the Rose Center for Earth and Space and the newly rebuilt Hayden Planetarium at the American Museum of Natural History"-->
 |location=American Museum of Natural History, New York
 |date=May 30 – June 2, 2000
 |series=ASP Conference Series |volume=263 <!--Publication year=2002-->
 |editor-first=Michael M. |editor-last=Shara
 |isbn=1-58381-103-6 |pages=131–136
}}</ref>
|- 
| {{nowrap|[[IO Persei]]}}
| {{RA|03|06|47.27}}
| {{DEC|+55|43|59.35}}
| [[Perseus (constellation)|Perseus]]
| 2002
|
| {{r|2002ASPC..263..131K}}
|- 
| {{nowrap|[[KN Cassiopeiae]]}}
| {{RA|00|09|36.37}}
| {{DEC|+62|40|04.12}}
| [[Cassiopeia (constellation)|Cassiopeia]]
| 2002
|
| {{r|2002ASPC..263..131K}}
|-
| {{nowrap|[[U Aquarii]]}}
| {{RA|22|03|19.69}}
| {{DEC|-16|37|35.2}}
| [[Aquarius (constellation)|Aquarius]]
| 1999
| Catalogued as a [[R Coronae Borealis variable]]
| <ref name=1999ApJ...514..932V/>
|-
| {{nowrap|[[VZ Sagittarii]]}}
| {{RA|18|15|08.58}}
| {{DEC|-29|42|29.6}}
| [[Sagittarius (constellation)|Sagittarius]]
| 1999
| Catalogued as a [[R Coronae Borealis variable]]
| <ref name=1999ApJ...514..932V/>
|}