Astronomy:HD 36678

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Short description: Star in the constellation Auriga
HD 36678
Observation data
Equinox J2000.0]] (ICRS)
Constellation Auriga
Right ascension  05h 36m 35.21858s[1]
Declination +54° 25′ 43.1638″[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) 5.8334[2]
Characteristics
Spectral type M0III[3]
U−B color index +1.98[4]
B−V color index +1.671±0.006[5]
Variable type suspected[6]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)1.10±0.43[2] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: −6.531[1] mas/yr
Dec.: −10.196[1] mas/yr
Parallax (π)3.9037 ± 0.1314[1] mas
Distance840 ± 30 ly
(256 ± 9 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)–1.00[5]
Details
Mass1.38[7] M
Radius63.2+7.0
−4.7
[1] R
Luminosity875±34[1] L
Surface gravity (log g)0.79[7] cgs
Temperature3,950+154
−202
[1] K
Metallicity [Fe/H]−0.12[7] dex
Other designations
Database references
SIMBADdata

HD 36678 is single[8] star in the northern constellation of Auriga. This star is dimly visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of 5.83.[2] It is located at a distance of approximately 840 light years from the Sun based on parallax.[1]

This is an aging red giant star with a stellar classification of M0III.[3] It is currently on the asymptotic giant branch of the HR diagram,[3] and has expanded to ~63[1] times the radius of the Sun. The star is radiating ~875[1] times the Sun's luminosity from its enlarged photosphere at an effective temperature of 3,950 K.[1]

The brightness of HD 36678 is suspected of being variable. Hipparcos photometry showed maximum and minimum apparent magnitudes of 5.806 and 5.855 respectively, in the Hipparcos photometric band.[6] No period was found, the variability has not been confirmed, and the star is not formally listed as a variable star.[9]

References

  1. 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 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 Famaey, B. et al. (2005). "Local kinematics of K and M giants from CORAVEL/Hipparcos/Tycho-2 data. Revisiting the concept of superclusters". Astronomy and Astrophysics 430: 165–186. doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20041272. Bibcode2005A&A...430..165F. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Eggen, O. J. (1992). "Asymptotic giant branch stars near the sun". The Astronomical Journal 104: 275. doi:10.1086/116239. Bibcode1992AJ....104..275E. 
  4. Mermilliod, J.-C. (1986). "Compilation of Eggen's UBV data, transformed to UBV (unpublished)". Catalogue of Eggen's UBV Data. SIMBAD. Bibcode1986EgUBV........0M. 
  5. 5.0 5.1 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 EAS (1997). "The HIPPARCOS and TYCHO catalogues". Astrometric and Photometric Star Catalogues Derived from the ESA Hipparcos Space Astrometry Mission. ESA SP Series (Noordwijk, Netherlands: ESA Publications Division) 1200. ISBN 9290923997. Bibcode1997ESASP1200.....E. 
  7. 7.0 7.1 7.2 Anders, F.; Khalatyan, A.; Chiappini, C.; Queiroz, A. B.; Santiago, B. X.; Jordi, C.; Girardi, L.; Brown, A. G. A. et al. (2019). "Photo-astrometric distances, extinctions, and astrophysical parameters for Gaia DR2 stars brighter than G = 18". Astronomy and Astrophysics 628: A94. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201935765. Bibcode2019A&A...628A..94A. 
  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. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2008.13596.x. Bibcode2008MNRAS.389..869E. 
  9. Samus, N. N. et al. (2009). "VizieR Online Data Catalog: General Catalogue of Variable Stars (Samus+ 2007-2013)". VizieR On-line Data Catalog: B/GCVS. Originally Published in: 2009yCat....102025S 1: B/gcvs. Bibcode2009yCat....102025S. 

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