Observation data Epoch J2000 Equinox J2000 | |
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Constellation | Apus |
Right ascension | 14h 59m 55.7597s [1] |
Declination | −75° 01′ 57.6124″ [1] |
Apparent magnitude (V) | 6.19±0.01 [2] |
Characteristics | |
Spectral type | B9 V [3] |
U−B color index | −0.19 [4] |
B−V color index | −0.04 [4] |
Astrometry | |
Radial velocity (Rv) | −7.6±1.7 [5] km/s |
Proper motion (μ) | RA: −5.659 [1] mas/yr Dec.: −20.787 [1] mas/yr |
Parallax (π) | 6.198±0.04 mas [1] |
Distance | 526 ± 3 ly (161 ± 1 pc) |
Absolute magnitude (MV) | +0.3 [6] |
Details | |
Mass | 2.84±0.06 [7] M☉ |
Radius | 3.19 [8] R☉ |
Luminosity | 100 [9] L☉ |
Surface gravity (log g) | 3.86 [8] cgs |
Temperature | 10,651 [9] K |
Metallicity [Fe/H] | 0.00 [10] dex |
Rotational velocity (v sin i) | 141 [11] km/s |
Age | 254 [10] Myr |
Other designations | |
20 G. Apodis, CD−74° 947, CPD−74° 1281, GC 20110, HD 131551, HIP 73394, HR 5555, SAO 257219, WDS J14599-7502A | |
Database references | |
SIMBAD | data |
HD 131551 (HR 5555) is a solitary star in the southern constellation Apus. It has an apparent magnitude of 6.19, [2] allowing it to be faintly seen with the naked eye under ideal conditions. Located 526 light years away, the object is approaching the Sun with a heliocentric radial velocity of 7.6 km/s . [5]
HD 131551 has a stellar classification of B9 V, indicating that it is an ordinary B-type main-sequence star. [3] At present it has 2.84 times the mass of the Sun [7] and a radius of 3.19 R☉ . [8] It shines at 100 times the luminosity of the Sun [9] from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 10,651 K , [9] giving it a blue-white hue. This object is 254 million years old [10] – having completed 70.1% [7] of its main sequence lifetime – and is spinning rapidly with a projected rotational velocity of 141 km/s . [11] HD 131551 has a similar metallicity compared to the Sun. [10]
There is a 13th magnitude companion star at an angular separation of 34.5″ along a position angle of 123° (as of 2010). [12]