HD 169405

HD 169405
Observation data
Epoch J2000      Equinox J2000
Constellation Telescopium[1]
Right ascension 18h 26m 54.01379s[2]
Declination −48° 07′ 02.0638″[2]
Apparent magnitude (V) +5.44[3]
Characteristics
Evolutionary stage red giant branch[2]
Spectral type K0.5III + F/G[4]
B−V color index 0.855±0.004[3]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)+2.11±3.42[2] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: +3.041±0.182[2] mas/yr
Dec.: −54.895±0.169[2] mas/yr
Parallax (π)12.2045±0.2664 mas[2]
Distance267 ± 6 ly
(82 ± 2 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)1.14[5]
Details
Mass2.4[5] M
Radius9.8[2] R
Luminosity35[5] L
Surface gravity (log g)2.94[5] cgs
Temperature5,062[5] K
Metallicity [Fe/H]+0.04[5] dex
Rotational velocity (v sin i)2.7±1.7[6] km/s
Age557[2] Myr
Other designations
CD−48°12505, GC 25150, HD 169405, HIP 90414, HR 6894, SAO 229021[7]
Database references
SIMBADdata

HD 169405 (HR 6894), is a suspected binary star[8] system in the southern constellation Telescopium, about a degree to the north of Zeta Telescopii.[9] It has an apparent magnitude of 5.44,[3] making it faintly visible to the naked eye under ideal conditions. HD 169405 is located at a distance of 267 light years[2] and is drifting away with a heliocentric radial velocity of 3.8 km/s.[3]

The visible component has a spectral classification K0.5III[4] which indicates that it is an evolved star between a K0 and K1 giant. It has expanded to ten times the Sun's radius, shines at 35 solar luminosities, and has an effective temperature of 5,062 K.[5] This temperature gives it the yellowish-orange glow of a K-type star, and it spins slowly with a projected rotational velocity of 2.7 km/s.[6]

References

  1. ^ Roman, Nancy G. (1987). "Identification of a constellation from a position". Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. 99 (617): 695. Bibcode:1987PASP...99..695R. doi:10.1086/132034. Constellation record for this object at VizieR.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Vallenari, A.; et al. (Gaia collaboration) (2023). "Gaia Data Release 3. Summary of the content and survey properties". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 674: A1. arXiv:2208.00211. Bibcode:2023A&A...674A...1G. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202243940. S2CID 244398875. Gaia DR3 record for this source at VizieR.
  3. ^ a b c d Anderson, E.; Francis, Ch. (2012). "XHIP: An extended hipparcos compilation". Astronomy Letters. 38 (5): 331. arXiv:1108.4971. Bibcode:2012AstL...38..331A. doi:10.1134/S1063773712050015. S2CID 119257644.
  4. ^ a b Houk, N. (1978). Michigan catalogue of two-dimensional spectral types for the HD stars. Vol. 2. Dept. of Astronomy, University of Michigan. Bibcode:1978mcts.book.....H.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g Ottoni, G.; Udry, S.; Ségransan, D.; Buldgen, G.; Lovis, C.; Eggenberger, P.; Pezzotti, C.; Adibekyan, V.; Marmier, M.; Mayor, M.; Santos, N. C.; Sousa, S. G.; Lagarde, N.; Charbonnel, C. (2022). "CORALIE radial-velocity search for companions around evolved stars (CASCADES). I. Sample definition and first results: Three new planets orbiting giant stars". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 657: A87. arXiv:2201.01528. Bibcode:2022A&A...657A..87O. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202040078. S2CID 245440163.
  6. ^ a b De Medeiros, J. R.; Alves, S.; Udry, S.; Andersen, J.; Nordström, B.; Mayor, M. (2014). "A catalog of rotational and radial velocities for evolved stars". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 561: A126. arXiv:1312.3474. Bibcode:2014A&A...561A.126D. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201220762. S2CID 54046583.
  7. ^ "HD 169405". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2020-08-04.
  8. ^ Eggleton, P. P.; Tokovinin, A. A. (September 2008). "A catalogue of multiplicity among bright stellar systems". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 389 (2): 869–879. arXiv:0806.2878. Bibcode:2008MNRAS.389..869E. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2008.13596.x. S2CID 14878976.
  9. ^ Sinnott, Roger W.; Perryman, Michael A. C. (1997). Millennium Star Atlas. Vol. 3. Sky Publishing Corporation and the European Space Agency. ISBN 0-933346-84-0.