Astronomy:HD 94717

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Short description: Distant K-type giant; Chamaeleon
HD 94717
Location of HD 94717 on the map (circled)
Observation data
Epoch J2000.0   Equinox (celestial coordinates)
Constellation Chamaeleon[1]
Right ascension  10h 52m 28.63166s[2]
Declination −79° 33′ 33.9765″[2]
Apparent magnitude (V) 6.34±0.01[3]
Characteristics
Evolutionary stage red giant branch[2]
Spectral type K2 II/III[4]
U−B color index +1.57[5]
B−V color index +1.46[5]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)3.4±0.5[6] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: −11.341[2] mas/yr
Dec.: +1.655[2] mas/yr
Parallax (π)1.8682 ± 0.021[2] mas
Distance1,750 ± 20 ly
(535 ± 6 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)−2.10[7]
Details
Mass6.3±0.7[8] M
Radius77.8±3.9[9] R
Luminosity1,847+46−49[2] L
Surface gravity (log g)1.47±0.04[2] cgs
Temperature4,446±122[10] K
Metallicity [Fe/H]−0.01[2] dex
Rotational velocity (v sin i)2.4±1.3[11] km/s
Age63±20[8] Myr
Other designations
CD−78°438, CPD−78°589, GC 14988, HD 94717, HIP 53151, HR 4268, SAO 256768[12]
Database references
SIMBADdata

HD 94717, also known as HR 4268, is a solitary orange hued star located in the southern circumpolar constellation Chamaeleon. It has an apparent magnitude of 6.34,[3] placing it near the limit for naked eye visibility. The object is located relatively far at a distance of 1,750 light years based on Gaia DR3 parallax measurements,[2] but it is receding with a heliocentric radial velocity of 3.4 km/s.[6] At its current distance, HD 94717's brightness is diminished by 0.62 magnitudes due to interstellar dust.[13]

HD 94717 has a stellar classification of K2 II/III,[4] indicating that it is an evolved red giant with the blended luminosity class of a giant star and a bright giant. It is estimated to be 63 million years old,[8] enough time for it to cool and expand to 78 times the Sun's radius.[9] It has 6.3 times the mass of the Sun[8] and radiates 1,847 times the luminosity of the Sun[2] from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 4,446 K.[10] HD 94717 has a solar metallicity[2] and spins modestly with a projected rotational velocity of 2.4 km/s.[11]

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. 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 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.
  3. 3.0 3.1 Høg, E.; Fabricius, C.; Makarov, V. V.; Urban, S.; Corbin, T.; Wycoff, G.; Bastian, U.; Schwekendiek, P. et al. (March 2000). "The Tycho-2 catalogue of the 2.5 million brightest stars". Astronomy and Astrophysics 355: L27–L30. ISSN 0004-6361. Bibcode2000A&A...355L..27H. 
  4. 4.0 4.1 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°. Bibcode1975mcts.book.....H. 
  5. 5.0 5.1 Johnson, H. L.; Mitchell, R. I.; Iriarte, B.; Wisniewski, W. Z. (1966). "UBVRIJKL Photometry of the Bright Stars". Communications of the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory 4: 99–110. Bibcode1966CoLPL...4...99J. 
  6. 6.0 6.1 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. ISSN 1063-7737. Bibcode2006AstL...32..759G. 
  7. Corbally, C. J.; Garrison, R. F. (1984). "Which Map of Absolute Magnitudes: Keenan or Schmidt-Kaler?". The Mk Process and Stellar Classification: 277. Bibcode1984mpsc.conf..277C. 
  8. 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 Tetzlaff, N.; Neuhäuser, R.; Hohle, M. M. (October 12, 2010). "A catalogue of young runaway Hipparcos stars within 3 kpc from the Sun". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (Oxford University Press (OUP)) 410 (1): 190–200. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2010.17434.x. ISSN 0035-8711. Bibcode2011MNRAS.410..190T. 
  9. 9.0 9.1 Kervella, P.; Thévenin, F.; Di Folco, E.; Ségransan, D. (October 2004). "The angular sizes of dwarf stars and subgiants". Astronomy & Astrophysics 426 (1): 297–307. doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20035930. ISSN 0004-6361. Bibcode2004A&A...426..297K. 
  10. 10.0 10.1 Stassun, Keivan G. et al. (9 September 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. 
  11. 11.0 11.1 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". Astronomy & Astrophysics 561: A126. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201220762. ISSN 0004-6361. Bibcode2014A&A...561A.126D. 
  12. "HD 94717". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=HD+94717. 
  13. Guarinos, J. (February 1995). "VizieR Online Data Catalog: Interstellar matter in the Galactic Disk (Guarinos J., 1992)". VizieR Online Data Catalog: 301V/86. Bibcode1995yCat.5086....0G. 
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