Observation data Epoch J2000.0 Equinox J2000.0 (ICRS) | |
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Constellation | Leo Minor |
Right ascension | 10h 30m 06.44761s [1] |
Declination | +38° 55′ 30.4758″ [1] |
Apparent magnitude (V) | 5.78±0.01 [2] |
Characteristics | |
Evolutionary stage | subgiant [3] |
Spectral type | A4 V [4] or A4 III [5] |
U−B color index | +0.14 [5] |
B−V color index | +0.07 [5] |
Astrometry | |
Radial velocity (Rv) | 2±4.3 [6] km/s |
Proper motion (μ) | RA: −16.446 mas/yr [1] Dec.: −4.506 mas/yr [1] |
Parallax (π) | 4.4749±0.0527 mas [1] |
Distance | 729 ± 9 ly (223 ± 3 pc) |
Absolute magnitude (MV) | −1.02 [7] |
Details | |
Mass | 2.01±0.39 [8] M☉ |
Radius | 6.58±0.33 [9] R☉ |
Luminosity | 241+41 −35 [3] L☉ |
Surface gravity (log g) | 3.07±0.37 [8] cgs |
Temperature | 8,511+79 −78 [3] K |
Metallicity [Fe/H] | −0.80 [10] dex |
Rotational velocity (v sin i) | 70±8 [11] km/s |
Age | 465 [12] Myr |
Other designations | |
32 LMi, AG+39°1131, BD+39°2357, GC 14417, HD 90840, HIP 51420, HR 4113, SAO 62076 [13] | |
Database references | |
SIMBAD | data |
32 Leonis Minoris (32 LMi), also known as HD 90840, is a solitary star [14] located in the northern constellation Leo Minor. It is faintly visible to the naked eye as a white-hued point of light with an apparent magnitude of 5.78. [2] The object is located relatively far at a distance of 729 light-years based on Gaia DR3 parallax measurements [1] and it is currently receding with a heliocentric radial velocity of 2 km/s , [6] which is somewhat constrained. At its current distance, 32 LMi's brightness is diminished by 0.14 magnitudes due to interstellar extinction [15] and it has an absolute magnitude of −1.02. [7]
The object has been given several stellar classifications over the years, ranging from main sequence (V) to giant star (III) and A1 to A4. Two of the classifications are A4 V [4] and A4 III. [5] It has 2.01 times the mass of the Sun [8] but at the age of 465 million years, [12] 32 LMi is now on the subgiant branch [8] [ failed verification ] and it has expanded to 6.58 times the radius of the Sun. [9] It radiates 241 times the luminosity of the Sun [3] from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 8,511 K . [3] 32 LMi is metal deficient with an iron abundance only 15.9% that of Sun ([Fe/H] = −0.80) [10] and it spins modestly with a projected rotational velocity of 70 km/s . [11]