Astronomy:28 Aurigae

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Short description: G-type giant star in the constellation Auriga
28 Aurigae
Observation data
Equinox J2000.0]] (ICRS)
Constellation Auriga
Right ascension  05h 48m 51.819s[1]
Declination +39° 32′ 01.02″[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) 6.8[2]
Characteristics
Spectral type G1 III-IV[3]
U−B color index +0.41[2]
B−V color index +0.81[2]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)20.03[1] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: −0.052[1] mas/yr
Dec.: −26.270[1] mas/yr
Parallax (π)5.0271 ± 0.0576[1] mas
Distance649 ± 7 ly
(199 ± 2 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)+0.32[3]
Details
Radius10.18[1] R
Luminosity73[1] L
Temperature5,284[1] K
Other designations
Database references
SIMBADdata

28 Aurigae (28 Aur) is a star in the constellation Auriga. Its apparent magnitude is 6.80. It is a giant star which has exhausted its core hydrogen and expanded to ten times the size of the Sun. Despite being slightly cooler than the sun at 5,284 K it is 73 times more luminous. Its distance is known quite accurately at around 650 ly.

28 Aurigae is one of the few faint Flamsteed stars which is not in the Bright Star Catalogue.[4] It is included in the Hipparcos catalogue and its parallax was calculated to be 4.99±0.57 mas.[5] Its Gaia Data Release 2 parallax is very similar, but more precise at 5.0271±0.0576[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 Brown, A. G. A. (August 2018). "Gaia Data Release 2: Summary of the contents and survey properties". Astronomy & Astrophysics 616: A1. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201833051. Bibcode2018A&A...616A...1G.  Gaia DR2 record for this source at VizieR.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Oja, T. (1984). "UBV photometry of stars whose positions are accurately known". Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement Series 57: 357. Bibcode1984A&AS...57..357O. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 Anderson, E.; Francis, Ch. (2012). "XHIP: An extended hipparcos compilation". Astronomy Letters 38 (5): 331. doi:10.1134/S1063773712050015. Bibcode2012AstL...38..331A. 
  4. Bidelman, W. P. (1990). "Flamsteed stars not contained in the Yale "Catalogue of Bright Stars"". Bulletin d'Information du Centre de Données Stellaires 38: 13. Bibcode1990BICDS..38...13B. 
  5. Van Leeuwen, F. (2007). "Validation of the new Hipparcos reduction". Astronomy and Astrophysics 474 (2): 653–664. doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20078357. Bibcode2007A&A...474..653V.