Observation data Epoch J2000 Equinox J2000 | |
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Constellation | Ara [1] |
Right ascension | 17h 28m 38.91416s [2] |
Declination | −55° 10′ 10.8720″ [2] |
Apparent magnitude (V) | 5.94 [3] |
Characteristics | |
Spectral type | G8 II-III [4] |
B−V color index | +1.11 [3] |
Astrometry | |
Radial velocity (Rv) | −12.6±0.4 [5] km/s |
Proper motion (μ) | RA: +2.52 [2] mas/yr Dec.: −8.92 [2] mas/yr |
Parallax (π) | 3.31±0.41 mas [2] |
Distance | approx. 1,000 ly (approx. 300 pc) |
Absolute magnitude (MV) | −2.9 [6] |
Details | |
Mass | 2.5 [7] M☉ |
Radius | 31 [8] R☉ |
Luminosity | 444 [9] L☉ |
Surface gravity (log g) | 2.22 [7] cgs |
Temperature | 4,895 [8] K |
Metallicity [Fe/H] | −0.13 [7] dex |
Rotational velocity (v sin i) | 6.4 [10] km/s |
Other designations | |
HD 157819, HIP 85520, HR 6487, SAO 244770 [11] | |
Database references | |
SIMBAD | data |
HD 157819 is the Henry Draper Catalogue designation for a star in the southern constellation of Ara. It is faintly visible to the naked eye at an apparent visual magnitude of 5.94 [3] and is approximately 1,000 light-years (310 parsecs ) distant from the Earth. [2] The spectrum of this star fits a stellar classification of G8 II-III, [4] indicating it is a G-type star that is somewhere between a giant and bright giant.