Astronomy:HD 173780

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Short description: Star in the constellation Lyra
HD 173780
Observation data
Equinox J2000.0]] (ICRS)
Constellation Lyra
Right ascension  18h 46m 04.47950s[1]
Declination +26° 39′ 43.6644″[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) +4.84[2]
Characteristics
Evolutionary stage Horizontal-branch[3]
Spectral type K3III[4]
B−V color index 1.20[2]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)−16.92±0.17[1] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: +17.460[1] mas/yr
Dec.: +23.819[1] mas/yr
Parallax (π)13.7599 ± 0.1315[1] mas
Distance237 ± 2 ly
(72.7 ± 0.7 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)0.37[5]
Details
Mass1.70[2] M
Radius16.38+0.22
−0.47
[1] R
Luminosity91.5±1.0[1] L
Surface gravity (log g)2.42±0.08[6] cgs
Temperature4,468±19[6] K
Metallicity [Fe/H]−0.04±0.05[6] dex
Rotational velocity (v sin i)3.8[7] km/s
Age2.42[2] Gyr
Other designations
BD+26°3349, HD 173780, HIP 92088, HR 7064, SAO 86418[8]
Database references
SIMBADdata

HD 173780 is a single[9] star in the northern constellation Lyra, near the southern constellation border with Hercules. It is an orange-hued star that is faintly visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of +4.84.[2] This object is located at a distance of approximately 237 light years from the Sun based on parallax, but is drifting closer with a radial velocity of −17 km/s.[1]

This is an aging giant star with a stellar classification of K3III.[4] It is a red clump giant, indicating it is on the horizontal branch and is generating energy through the fusion of helium at its core.[3] The star is 2.4 billion years old with 1.7 times the mass of the Sun.[2] With the supply of hydrogen exhausted at its core, it has expanded to 16 times the radius of the Sun. The star is radiating 92 times the luminosity of the Sun from its enlarged photosphere at an effective temperature of 4,468 K.[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 2.3 2.4 2.5 Luck, R. Earle (2015), "Abundances in the Local Region. I. G and K Giants", Astronomical Journal 150 (3): 88, doi:10.1088/0004-6256/150/3/88, Bibcode2015AJ....150...88L. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 Alves, David R. (August 2000), "K-Band Calibration of the Red Clump Luminosity", The Astrophysical Journal 539 (2): 732–741, doi:10.1086/309278, Bibcode2000ApJ...539..732A. 
  4. 4.0 4.1 Keenan, Philip C.; McNeil, Raymond C. (1989), "The Perkins catalog of revised MK types for the cooler stars", Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series 71: 245, doi:10.1086/191373, Bibcode1989ApJS...71..245K. 
  5. Anderson, E.; Francis, Ch. (2012), "XHIP: An extended hipparcos compilation", Astronomy Letters 38 (5): 331, doi:10.1134/S1063773712050015, Bibcode2012AstL...38..331A. 
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 Wu, Yue et al. (2010), "Coudé-feed stellar spectral library – atmospheric parameters", Astronomy & Astrophysics 525: A71, doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201015014, Bibcode2011A&A...525A..71W. 
  7. Massarotti, Alessandro et al. (January 2008), "Rotational and Radial Velocities for a Sample of 761 HIPPARCOS Giants and the Role of Binarity", The Astronomical Journal 135 (1): 209–231, doi:10.1088/0004-6256/135/1/209, Bibcode2008AJ....135..209M. 
  8. "HD 173780". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=HD+173780. 
  9. Eggleton, P. P.; Tokovinin, A. A. (2008), "A catalogue of multiplicity among bright stellar systems", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 389 (2): 869, doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2008.13596.x, Bibcode2008MNRAS.389..869E.