8 Leonis Minoris

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8 Leonis Minoris
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Location of 8 Leonis Minoris (circled)
Observation data
Epoch J2000.0        Equinox J2000.0 (ICRS)
Constellation Leo Minor
Right ascension 09h 31m 32.41045s [1]
Declination +35° 06′ 11.7793″ [1]
Apparent magnitude  (V)5.37 [2]
Characteristics
Evolutionary stage AGB [3]
Spectral type M1 IIIab [4]
U−B color index +1.81 [2]
B−V color index +1.53 [2]
Variable type suspected [5]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)39.83±0.18 [6]  km/s
Proper motion (μ)RA: −54.488  mas/yr [1]
Dec.: −97.434  mas/yr [1]
Parallax (π)6.6271 ± 0.0238  mas [1]
Distance 492 ± 2  ly
(150.9 ± 0.5  pc)
Absolute magnitude  (MV)−0.43 [7]
Details
Mass 1.59 [8]   M☉
Radius 48.5 [9]   R☉
Luminosity 417±17 [10]   L☉
Surface gravity (log g)1.153 [11]   cgs
Temperature 3,978±122 [12]   K
Metallicity [Fe/H]−0.25 [1]   dex
Other designations
8 Leonis Minoris, AG+35°938, BD+35°2015, GC  13133, HD  82198, HIP  46735, HR  3769, SAO  61450 [13]
Database references
SIMBAD data

8 Leonis Minoris (8 LMi) is a solitary, [14] red hued star located in the northern constellation Leo Minor. It has an apparent magnitude 5.37, [2] making it faintly visible to the naked eye. Based on parallax measurements from the Gaia satellite, the object is estimated to be 492 light years distant. [1] It is receding with a heliocentric radial velocity of 40  km/s . [6] At its current distance, 8 LMi is diminshed by 0.12 magnitudes due to interstellar dust. [15]

This is an asymptotic giant branch star [3] with stellar classification of M1 IIIab. [4] It has 1.59 times the mass of the Sun [8] but has expanded to 48.5 times its girth. [9] It radiates 417 times the luminosity of the Sun [10] from its enlarged photosphere at an effective temperature of 3,978  K . [12] 8 LMi has an iron abundance only half of the Sun's, making it metal deficient. [1]

8 LMi's variability was first observed to be variable in 1930 by Joel Stebbins. [16] However, Eggen (1967) instead lists it as an ordinary M-type giant and used the object for comparison. [17] In 1978-9, 8 LMi was again listed as a variable star but did not provide further insight. [18] As of 2017, the star has not been confirmed to be variable. [5]

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