72 Herculis

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72 Herculis
Observation data
Epoch J2000       Equinox J2000
Constellation Hercules
Right ascension 17h 20m 39.56754s [1]
Declination +32° 28′ 03.8773″ [1]
Apparent magnitude  (V)5.377±0.005 [2]
Characteristics
Evolutionary stage Main sequence
Spectral type G0 V [3]
U−B color index +0.06 [4]
B−V color index +0.62 [4]
Variable type Suspected
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)−78.608±0.0065 [5]  km/s
Proper motion (μ)RA: +135.731 [1]   mas/yr
Dec.: −1040.913 [1]   mas/yr
Parallax (π)68.7539 ± 0.0904  mas
Distance 47.44 ± 0.06  ly
(14.54 ± 0.02  pc)
Absolute magnitude  (MV)4.43±0.05 [2]
Details
Mass 0.91  M☉ [2] or
1.18 [6]   M☉
Radius 1.13+0.004
−0.007 [1]   R☉
Luminosity 1.331±0.003 [1]   L☉
Surface gravity (log g)4.26±0.10 [2]   cgs
Temperature 5,745±35 [7]   K
Metallicity [Fe/H]−0.31±0.11 [7]   dex
Rotational velocity (v sin i)1.0±1.0 [2]  km/s
Age 4.1–6.6 [8]   Gyr
Other designations
w Her, 72 Her, NSV  8553, BD+32°2896, FK5  1456, GJ  672, HD  157214, HIP  84862, HR  6458, SAO  65963, LHS  441, LTT  15148 [9]
Database references
SIMBAD data

72 Herculis is a single [10] star in the northern constellation of Hercules. The Flamsteed designation for this star comes from the publication Historia Coelestis Britannica by John Flamsteed. It is the 72nd star in Flamsteed's list of stars in Hercules. This star is faintly visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of 5.4. [2] Parallax measurements show this star to be located at a distance of about 47 light years from the Sun. [1] It is drifting closer with a radial velocity of −78.6 km/s, [5] and is predicted to come to within 32.1 light-years in around 98,000 years. [6]

This is an ordinary G-type main-sequence star with a stellar classification of G0 V. It is similar in mass to the Sun, [2] with a 13% larger radius. [1] The star is radiating 1.3 [1] times the luminosity of the Sun from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 5,745 K. [7] The metallicity is much lower than in the Sun, with an [Fe/H] equal to −0.31±0.11. [7] The star is an estimated 4–7 [8]  billion years old with a projected rotational velocity of 1 km/s. [2] The level of chromospheric activity appears to be at or below that in the Sun. [11]

As of 2010, no planetary companion had been detected orbiting this star. [12] The Washington Visual Double Star Catalog for 1996 showed two visual companions of this star. The first is a visual magnitude 9.7 star located 289.1 arc seconds away. The second is only separated by 8.7 arc seconds, and is magnitude 12.9. [13] It is unknown whether these visual companions are gravitationally-bound to 72 Her.

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">45 Herculis</span> Star in the constellation Hercules

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">9 Ceti</span> Star in the constellation Cetus

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">15 Leonis Minoris</span> Star in the constellation Ursa Major

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