Astronomy:HD 74772

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Short description: Star in the constellation Vela
HD 74772
Observation data
Equinox J2000.0]] (ICRS)
Constellation Vela
Right ascension  08h 44m 23.94539s[1]
Declination −42° 38′ 57.3933″[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) 4.05[2]
Characteristics
Spectral type G6 III[3]
B−V color index 0.874±0.002[2]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)−2.0±0.3[4] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: −22.641[1] mas/yr
Dec.: +19.137[1] mas/yr
Parallax (π)15.7791 ± 0.3148[1] mas
Distance207 ± 4 ly
(63 ± 1 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)−0.18[2]
Details
Mass3.2[5] M
Radius12[6] R
Luminosity128.02[2] L
Surface gravity (log g)2.50[7] cgs
Temperature5,210[7] K
Metallicity [Fe/H]−0.03[7] dex
Rotational velocity (v sin i)5.8[8] km/s
Other designations
d Vel, CD−42° 4569, GJ 9276, HD 74772, HIP 42884, HR 3477, SAO 220371, WDS J08444-4239A[9]
Database references
SIMBADdata

HD 74772 (d Velorum) is a single[10] star in the southern constellation of Vela. It is positioned near the Vela SNR, which gives it an intense X-ray background.[11] The star is of apparent visual magnitude 4.05,[2] and hence is visible to the naked eye. Based upon an annual parallax shift of 15.8 mas,[1] it is located 207 light years from the Sun. It is moving closer to the Earth with a heliocentric radial velocity of −2 km/s.[4]

This is an evolved G-type giant star with a stellar classification of G6 III.[3] The interferometry-measured angular diameter of this star is 1.73±0.12 mas,[12] which, at its estimated distance, equates to a physical radius of about 12 times the radius of the Sun.[6] It has 3.2[5] times the mass of the Sun and is radiating 128[2] times the Sun's luminosity from its enlarged photosphere at an effective temperature of 5,210 K.[7]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 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.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Anderson, E.; Francis, Ch. (2012), "XHIP: An extended hipparcos compilation", Astronomy Letters 38 (5): 331, doi:10.1134/S1063773712050015, Bibcode2012AstL...38..331A. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 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. 
  4. 4.0 4.1 de Bruijne, J. H. J.; Eilers, A.-C. (October 2012), "Radial velocities for the HIPPARCOS-Gaia Hundred-Thousand-Proper-Motion project", Astronomy & Astrophysics 546: 14, doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201219219, A61, Bibcode2012A&A...546A..61D. 
  5. 5.0 5.1 Gondoin, P. (December 1999), "Evolution of X-ray activity and rotation on G-K giants", Astronomy and Astrophysics 352: 217–227, Bibcode1999A&A...352..217G. 
  6. 6.0 6.1 Lang, Kenneth R. (2006), Astrophysical formulae, Astronomy and astrophysics library, 1 (3rd ed.), Birkhäuser, ISBN 3-540-29692-1, https://books.google.com/books?id=OvTjLcQ4MCQC&pg=PA41 . The radius (R*) is given by:
    [math]\displaystyle{ \begin{align} 2\cdot R_* & = \frac{(10^{-3}\cdot 63.4\cdot 1.73)\ \text{AU}}{0.0046491\ \text{AU}/R_{\bigodot}} \\ & \approx 23.6\cdot R_{\bigodot} \end{align} }[/math]
  7. 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 Jones, K. L. et al. (June 1992), "Spectroscopic investigation of cool giants and the authenticity of their reported microwave emission", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 256 (3): 535–544, doi:10.1093/mnras/256.3.535, Bibcode1992MNRAS.256..535J. 
  8. de Medeiros, J. R.; Mayor, M. (October 1995), "On the link between rotation and coronal activity in evolved stars", Astronomy and Astrophysics 302: 745, Bibcode1995A&A...302..745D. 
  9. "HD 74772". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=HD+74772. 
  10. 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. 
  11. Maggio, A. et al. (1993), "Soft X-ray Emission and Spectra of Evolved Stars from ROSAT Pointed Observations", in Linsky, Jeffrey L.; Serio, Salvatore, Physics of Solar and Stellar Coronae: G. S. Vaiana Memorial Symposium, held 22-26 June, 1992, in Palermo, Italy, Astrophysics and Space Science Library, 183, Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Kluwer Academoc Publishers, p. 365, doi:10.1007/978-94-011-1964-1_47, Bibcode1993ASSL..183..365M. 
  12. Richichi, A. et al. (February 2005), "CHARM2: An updated Catalog of High Angular Resolution Measurements", Astronomy and Astrophysics 431 (2): 773–777, doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20042039, Bibcode2005A&A...431..773R.