HD 160342

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HD 160342
V626AraLightCurve.png
A light curve for V626 Arae, plotted from Hipparcos data [1]
Observation data
Epoch J2000       Equinox J2000
Constellation Ara
Right ascension 17h 42m 03.62014s [2]
Declination −50° 30′ 38.5331″ [2]
Apparent magnitude  (V)6.23 - 6.46 [3]
Characteristics
Spectral type M3 III [4]
U−B color index +1.96 [5]
B−V color index +1.73 [5]
R−I color index 0.85
Variable type LB [3]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)−27.1±0.4 [6]  km/s
Proper motion (μ)RA: +3.096 [2]   mas/yr
Dec.: −15.788 [2]   mas/yr
Parallax (π)3.4132 ± 0.0864  mas [2]
Distance 960 ± 20  ly
(293 ± 7  pc)
Absolute magnitude  (MV)−0.45 [7]
Details
Mass 1.1 [8]   M☉
Radius 95 [9]   R☉
Luminosity 2,002 [2]   L☉
Surface gravity (log g)0.48 [8]   cgs
Temperature 3,479 [8]   K
Metallicity [Fe/H]−0.05 [8]   dex
Other designations
CD−50°11474, HD 160342, HIP 86628, HR 6576, SAO 244954, V626  Arae. [5]
Database references
SIMBAD data

HD 160342 is a star in the southern constellation of Ara. HD 160342 is its Henry Draper Catalogue designation. It has an apparent visual magnitude of 6.35 [10] , making it very faintly visible to the naked eye under ideal observing conditions. Based upon parallax measurements, is approximately 960 light-years (293 parsecs ) distant from Earth.

In 1971, P. M. Corben announced that HD 160342 is a variable star, a discovery made using a telescope equipped with a photoelectric photometer at the Royal Observatory in South Africa. [11] It was given its variable star designation, V626 Arae, in 1973. [12]

With a stellar classification of M3 III, [4] this is an evolved red giant that is on the asymptotic giant branch. [10] It is a variable star that is classified as irregular, [3] although changes in brightness of 0.1127 magnitudes at the rate of 0.37943 cycles per day (once every 2.6 days) have been detected in Hipparcos photometry. [13]

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