Astronomy:Kappa Telescopii

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Short description: Star in the constellation Telescopium
Kappa Telescopii
Observation data
Equinox J2000.0]] (ICRS)
Constellation Telescopium
Right ascension  18h 52m 39.64405s[1]
Declination −52° 06′ 26.5372″[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) +5.20[2]
Characteristics
Spectral type G8/K0 III[3]
B−V color index +0.96[2]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)−44.3[4] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: +39.92[1] mas/yr
Dec.: −96.17[1] mas/yr
Parallax (π)12.00 ± 0.27[1] mas
Distance272 ± 6 ly
(83 ± 2 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)+0.41±0.14[5]
Details[6]
Mass1.92 M
Radius10.51 R
Luminosity77.6 L
Surface gravity (log g)2.79 cgs
Temperature4,968 K
Metallicity [Fe/H]−0.25 dex
Rotational velocity (v sin i)2.63 km/s
Age1.25 Gyr
Other designations
κ Tel, CPD−52° 11268, FK5 3499, HD 174295, HIP 92646, HR 7087, SAO 245772[7]
Database references
SIMBADdata

Kappa Telescopii (κ Telescopii) is a solitary,[8] yellow-hued star in the southern constellation of Telescopium. With an apparent visual magnitude of +5.20,[2] it is visible to the naked eye. Based upon an annual parallax shift of 12.00 mas as seen from Earth,[1] it is located around 272 light years from the Sun.

At the age of around 1.25 billion years,[6] this an evolved giant star with a stellar classification of G8/K0 III,[3] showing a spectrum with characteristics intermediate between a G-type and a K-type star. It has an estimated 1.9 times the mass of the Sun and 10.5 times the Sun's radius.[6] The star is radiating 77.6 times the solar luminosity from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 4,968 K.[6] It is unclear whether it is cooling or heating up on its evolutionary pathway through the red clump.[5]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 van Leeuwen, F. (2007), "Validation of the new Hipparcos reduction", Astronomy and Astrophysics 474 (2): 653–664, doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20078357, Bibcode2007A&A...474..653V. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 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. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 Houk, Nancy; Cowley, A. P. (1978), Michigan catalogue of two-dimensional spectral types for the HD stars, 1, Ann Arbor: Dept. of Astronomy, University of Michigan, Bibcode1975mcts.book.....H. 
  4. Wielen, R. et al. (1999), "Sixth Catalogue of Fundamental Stars (FK6). Part I. Basic fundamental stars with direct solutions", Veroeffentlichungen des Astronomischen Rechen-Instituts Heidelberg (Astronomisches Rechen-Institut Heidelberg) 35 (35): 1, Bibcode1999VeARI..35....1W. 
  5. 5.0 5.1 da Silva, L. et al. (November 2006), "Basic physical parameters of a selected sample of evolved stars", Astronomy and Astrophysics 458 (2): 609–623, doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20065105, Bibcode2006A&A...458..609D. 
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 Jofré, E. et al. (2015), "Stellar parameters and chemical abundances of 223 evolved stars with and without planets", Astronomy & Astrophysics 574: A50, doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201424474, Bibcode2015A&A...574A..50J. 
  7. "kap Tel". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=kap+Tel. 
  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.