Astronomy:HD 157819

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Short description: Star in the constellation Ara
HD 157819
Observation data
Equinox J2000.0]] (ICRS)
Constellation Ara[1]
Right ascension  17h 28m 38.91416s[2]
Declination −55° 10′ 10.8720″[2]
Apparent magnitude (V) 5.94[3]
Characteristics
Spectral type G8 II-III[4]
B−V color index +1.11[3]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)−12.6±0.4[5] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: +2.52[2] mas/yr
Dec.: −8.92[2] mas/yr
Parallax (π)3.31 ± 0.41[2] mas
Distanceapprox. 1,000 ly
(approx. 300 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)−2.9[6]
Details
Mass2.5[7] M
Radius31[8] R
Luminosity444[9] L
Surface gravity (log g)2.22[7] cgs
Temperature4,895[8] K
Metallicity [Fe/H]−0.13[7] dex
Rotational velocity (v sin i)6.4[10] km/s
Other designations
HD 157819, HIP 85520, HR 6487, SAO 244770[11]
Database references
SIMBADdata

HD 157819 is the Henry Draper Catalogue designation for a star in the southern constellation of Ara. It is faintly visible to the naked eye at an apparent visual magnitude of 5.94[3] and is approximately 1,000 light-years (310 parsecs) distant from the Earth.[2] The spectrum of this star fits a stellar classification of G8 II-III,[4] indicating it is a G-type star that is somewhere between a giant and bright giant.

References

  1. Roman, Nancy G. (1987). "Identification of a constellation from a position". Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific 99 (617): 695. doi:10.1086/132034. Bibcode1987PASP...99..695R  Constellation record for this object at VizieR.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 van Leeuwen, F. (November 2007), "Validation of the new Hipparcos reduction", Astronomy and Astrophysics 474 (2): 653–664, doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20078357, Bibcode2007A&A...474..653V. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Corben, P. M.; Stoy, R. H. (1968), "Photoelectric Magnitudes and Colours for Bright Southern Stars", Monthly Notes of the Astronomical Society of Southern Africa 27: 11, Bibcode1968MNSSA..27...11C. 
  4. 4.0 4.1 Houk, Nancy (1979), Michigan catalogue of two-dimensional spectral types for the HD stars, 1, Ann Arbor, Michigan: Dept. of Astronomy, University of Michigan, Bibcode1978mcts.book.....H. 
  5. Gontcharov, G. A. (November 2006), "Pulkovo Compilation of Radial Velocities for 35 495 Hipparcos stars in a common system", Astronomy Letters 32 (11): 759–771, doi:10.1134/S1063773706110065, Bibcode2006AstL...32..759G. 
  6. Eggen, O. J. (August 1983), "The reddening, metal abundance, and luminosity of high-luminosity G-type stars", Astronomical Journal 88: 1187–1198, doi:10.1086/113409, Bibcode1983AJ.....88.1187E. 
  7. 7.0 7.1 7.2 Khalatyan, A.; Anders, F.; Chiappini, C.; Queiroz, A. B. A.; Nepal, S.; Dal Ponte, M.; Jordi, C.; Guiglion, G. et al. (2024). "Transferring spectroscopic stellar labels to 217 million Gaia DR3 XP stars with SHBoost". Astronomy and Astrophysics 691: A98. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202451427. Bibcode2024A&A...691A..98K. 
  8. 8.0 8.1 Stassun, Keivan G. et al. (2019). "The Revised TESS Input Catalog and Candidate Target List". The Astronomical Journal 158 (4): 138. doi:10.3847/1538-3881/ab3467. Bibcode2019AJ....158..138S. 
  9. Vallenari, A. et al. (2022). "Gaia Data Release 3. Summary of the content and survey properties". Astronomy & Astrophysics. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202243940  Gaia DR3 record for this source at VizieR.
  10. 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. V. Southern stars". Astronomy and Astrophysics 561: A126. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201220762. Bibcode2014A&A...561A.126D. 
  11. "HR 6487 -- Star in double system", SIMBAD Astronomical Database (Centre de Données astronomiques de Strasbourg), http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-id?Ident=HD+157819, retrieved 2012-08-04.