Astronomy:HD 122862

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Short description: Star in the constellation of Apus
HD 122862
Observation data
Epoch J2000.0   Equinox (celestial coordinates)
Constellation Apus
Right ascension  14h 08m 27.1634s[1]
Declination −74° 51′ 01.0329″[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) 6.02[2]
Characteristics
Spectral type G2/3 IV[3]
U−B color index +0.06[4]
B−V color index +0.58[4]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)−21.11±0.16[5] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: −243.574[1] mas/yr
Dec.: +179.540[1] mas/yr
Parallax (π)34.1491 ± 0.0256[1] mas
Distance95.51 ± 0.07 ly
(29.28 ± 0.02 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)+3.75[2]
Details[6]
Mass1.08+0.02−0.01 M
Radius1.58+0.03−0.05[5] R
Luminosity2.87±0.01[5] L
Surface gravity (log g)4.10±0.03 cgs
Temperature5,943±50 K
Metallicity [Fe/H]−0.15±0.04 dex
Rotational velocity (v sin i)3.1±1[7] km/s
Age6.83+0.39−0.57 Gyr
Other designations
Database references
SIMBADdata

HD 122862 (HR 5279) is a solitary star in the southern circumpolar constellation Apus. It has an apparent magnitude of 6.02,[2] allowing it to be faintly seen with the naked eye under ideal conditions. The star is relatively close at a distance of 95 light years,[1] but is approaching the Sun with a radial velocity of −21.11 km/s.[5]

HD 122862 is a G-type subgiant[3] with 1.08 times the mass of the Sun[6] and a diameter of 1.58 R.[5] It shines at 2.87 times the luminosity of the Sun[5] from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 5,943 K,[6] giving it a yellow glow. HD 122862 has an iron abundance 71% that of the Sun[6] and, at an age of 6.83 billion years,[6] it spins slowly with a projected rotational velocity of 3.1 km/s.[7]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Brown, A. G. A. (2021). "Gaia Early Data Release 3: Summary of the contents and survey properties". Astronomy & Astrophysics 649: A1. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202039657. Bibcode2021A&A...649A...1G.  Gaia EDR3 record for this source at VizieR.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Anderson, E.; Francis, Ch. (May 2012). "XHIP: An extended hipparcos compilation" (in en). Astronomy Letters 38 (5): 331–346. doi:10.1134/S1063773712050015. ISSN 1063-7737. Bibcode2012AstL...38..331A. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 Houk, N.; Cowley, A. P. (1975). University of Michigan Catalogue of two-dimensional spectral types for the HD stars. Volume I. Declinations -90_ to -53_ƒ0.. Bibcode1975mcts.book.....H. 
  4. 4.0 4.1 Johnson, H. L.; Mitchell, R. I.; Iriarte, B.; Wisniewski, W. Z. (1 January 1966). "UBVRIJKL Photometry of the Bright Stars". Communications of the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory 4: 99–110. Bibcode1966CoLPL...4...99J. 
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 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.
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 Aguilera-Gómez, Claudia; Ramírez, Iván; Chanamé, Julio (June 2018). "Lithium abundance patterns of late-F stars: an in-depth analysis of the lithium desert". Astronomy and Astrophysics 614: A55. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201732209. ISSN 0004-6361. Bibcode2018A&A...614A..55A. 
  7. 7.0 7.1 De Medeiros, J. R.; Alves, S.; Udry, S.; Andersen, J.; Nordström, B.; Mayor, M. (January 2014). "A catalog of rotational and radial velocities for evolved stars: V. Southern stars⋆⋆⋆". Astronomy & Astrophysics 561: A126. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201220762. ISSN 0004-6361. Bibcode2014A&A...561A.126D.