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. Bibcode: 2018A&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. Bibcode: 2012AstL...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. Bibcode: 1978mcts.book.....H. 
  4. ↑ Mermilliod, J.-C. (1986). "Compilation of Eggen's UBV data, transformed to UBV (unpublished)". Catalogue of Eggen's UBV Data. Bibcode: 1986EgUBV........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. Bibcode: 2006AstL...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. Bibcode: 2007A&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. Bibcode: 2004yCat.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.