Astronomy:Lambda Caeli

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Short description: Star in the constellation Caelum
Lambda Caeli
Observation data
Equinox J2000.0]] (ICRS)
Constellation Caelum
Right ascension  04h 43m 44.27211s[1]
Declination −41° 03′ 53.2340″[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) 6.24[2]
Characteristics
Spectral type K3/4III[3]
U−B color index +1.78[4]
B−V color index +1.468±0.008[2]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)−4.3±0.4[5] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: +10.82[6] mas/yr
Dec.: +10.93[6] mas/yr
Parallax (π)4.6342 ± 0.0664[1] mas
Distance700 ± 10 ly
(216 ± 3 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)−0.52[2]
Details
Radius31.43+2.36
−3.87
[1] R
Luminosity274±5[1] L
Temperature4,189+284
−149
[1] K
Other designations
λ Cae[7], CD−41°1549, HD 30202, HIP 21998, HR 1518, SAO 216961[8]
Database references
SIMBADdata

Lambda Caeli, Latinized from λ Caeli, is a star in the constellation Caelum. It is also known by its designations HD 30202 and HR 1518.[8] This star is a challenge to view with the naked eye, having an apparent visual magnitude of 6.24.[2] Based on parallax measurements, Lambda Caeli is known to be around 700 light-years distant from the Sun, but is drifting closer with a radial velocity of −4 km/s.[5]

This object is an aging K-type giant star with a stellar classification of K3/4III.[3] Having exhausted the supply of hydrogen at its core, it has cooled and expanded; now having 31 times the radius of the Sun. It is radiating 274 times the Sun's luminosity from its swollen photosphere at an effective temperature of 4,189 K.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 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 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 Houk, N. (1987). "Michigan catalogue of two dimensional spectral types for the HD stars". Michigan Spectral Survey 2. Bibcode1978mcts.book.....H. 
  4. Mermilliod, J.-C. (1986). "Compilation of Eggen's UBV data, transformed to UBV (unpublished)". Catalogue of Eggen's UBV Data. Bibcode1986EgUBV........0M. 
  5. 5.0 5.1 Gontcharov, G. A. (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. Bibcode2006AstL...32..759G. 
  6. 6.0 6.1 van Leeuwen, F. (November 2007). "Validation of the new Hipparcos reduction". Astronomy and Astrophysics 474 (2): 653–664. doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20078357. Bibcode2007A&A...474..653V. 
  7. Kostjuk, N. D. (2004). "VizieR Online Data Catalog: HD-DM-GC-HR-HIP-Bayer-Flamsteed Cross Index (Kostjuk, 2002)". VizieR On-line Data Catalog: IV/27A. Originally Published in: Institute of Astronomy of Russian Academy of Sciences (2002) 4027. Bibcode2004yCat.4027....0K. 
  8. 8.0 8.1 "HD 30202". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=HD+30202.