Astronomy:77 Ceti

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Short description: Star in the constellation Cetus
77 Ceti
Observation data
Equinox J2000.0]] (ICRS)
Constellation Cetus
Right ascension  02h 34m 42.62373s[1]
Declination −07° 51′ 34.0113″[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) 5.731[2]
Characteristics
Spectral type K2 III[3]
U−B color index +1.68[4]
B−V color index +1.393±0.008[5]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)24.9±2[6] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: +59.581[1] mas/yr
Dec.: −63.696[1] mas/yr
Parallax (π)6.6740 ± 0.1337[1] mas
Distance489 ± 10 ly
(150 ± 3 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)+0.01[5]
Details
Radius25.02+1.39
−4.09
[1] R
Luminosity189.1±4.5[1] L
Temperature4,279+400
−114
[1] K
Other designations
BD−08°484, HD 16074, HIP 12002, HR 752, SAO 129984[7]
Database references
SIMBADdata

77 Ceti is a single,[8] orange-hued star located 489[1] light years away in the equatorial constellation of Cetus. It is faintly visible to the naked eye, having an apparent visual magnitude of 5.7.[2] This is an evolved giant star with a stellar classification of K2 III.[3] It is radiating 187 times the Sun's luminosity from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 4,206 K.[9]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 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 Høg, E. et al. (2000). "The Tycho-2 catalogue of the 2.5 million brightest stars". Astronomy and Astrophysics 355: L27. doi:10.1888/0333750888/2862. Bibcode2000A&A...355L..27H. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 Houk, N.; Swift, C. (1999). "Michigan catalogue of two-dimensional spectral types for the HD Stars". Michigan Spectral Survey 5. Bibcode1999MSS...C05....0H. 
  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 "Compilation of Eggen's UBV data, transformed to UBV (unpublished)".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 Anderson, E.; Francis, Ch. (2012). "XHIP: An extended hipparcos compilation". Astronomy Letters 38 (5): 331. doi:10.1134/S1063773712050015. Bibcode2012AstL...38..331A. 
  6. Wilson, Ralph Elmer (1953). "General catalogue of stellar radial velocities". Carnegie Institute Washington D.C. Publication (Washington). Bibcode1953GCRV..C......0W. 
  7. "77 Cet". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=77+Cet. 
  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. 
  9. Chandler, Colin Orion et al. (2016). "The Catalog of Earth-Like Exoplanet Survey Targets (Celesta): A Database of Habitable Zones Around Nearby Stars". The Astronomical Journal 151 (3): 59. doi:10.3847/0004-6256/151/3/59. Bibcode2016AJ....151...59C.