HD 161988

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HD 161988
Observation data
Epoch J2000.0        Equinox J2000.0 (ICRS)
Constellation Apus
Right ascension 17h 57m 41.686s [1]
Declination −76° 10′ 40.62″ [1]
Apparent magnitude  (V)6.07±0.01 [2]
Characteristics
Evolutionary stage red giant branch [3]
Spectral type K2 III [4]
U−B color index +1.28 [5]
B−V color index +1.20 [5]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)+36.8±0.4 [6] km/s
Proper motion (μ)RA: +2.464 mas/yr [1]
Dec.: −1.867 mas/yr [1]
Parallax (π)5.2546±0.022  mas [1]
Distance 621 ± 3  ly
(190.3 ± 0.8  pc)
Absolute magnitude  (MV)−0.26 [7]
Details
Mass 3.05 [8]   M☉
Radius 20.8 [9]   R☉
Luminosity 185 [10]   L☉
Surface gravity (log g)2.04±0.02 [3]   cgs
Temperature 4,498 [10]   K
Metallicity [Fe/H]−0.13 [11]   dex
Rotational velocity (v sin i)2.1±1.3 [12]  km/s
Other designations
63 G. Apodis [13] , CD−76°919, CPD−76 1226, HD 161988, HIP 87926, HR 6635, SAO 257542, WDS J17577-7611A [14]
Database references
SIMBAD data

HD 161988, also known as HR 6635, is a solitary, orange hued star located in the southern circumpolar constellation Apus. It has an apparent magnitude of 6.07, [2] allowing it to be faintly visible to the naked eye. Parallax measurements place it at a distance of 621 light years, [1] and it is currently receding with a heliocentric radial velocity of 36.8  km/s . [6]

The object has a stellar classification of K2 III, [4] indicating that it is a red giant. Gaia Data Release 3 models place it on the red giant branch. At present it has 3.05 times the mass of the Sun [8] and an enlarged radius of 20.8  R☉ . [9] It shines at 185 times the luminosity of the Sun from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 4,498  K . [10] HD 161988 has an iron abundance 74% that of the Sun, [11] making it slightly metal deficient. Like most giants, it spins modestly with a projected rotational velocity of 2.1  km/s . [12]

HD 161988 has a 14th magnitude optical companion located 26.4  arcseconds away along a position angle of 122°. [15]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Brown, A. G. A.; et al. (Gaia collaboration) (2021). "Gaia Early Data Release 3: Summary of the contents and survey properties". Astronomy & Astrophysics . 649: A1. arXiv: 2012.01533 . Bibcode:2021A&A...649A...1G. doi: 10.1051/0004-6361/202039657 . S2CID   227254300. (Erratum:  doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202039657e). Gaia EDR3 record for this source at VizieR .
  2. 1 2 Høg, E.; Fabricius, C.; Makarov, V. V.; Urban, S.; Corbin, T.; Wycoff, G.; Bastian, U.; Schwekendiek, P.; Wicenec, A. (March 2000). "The Tycho-2 catalogue of the 2.5 million brightest stars". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 355: L27 –L30. Bibcode:2000A&A...355L..27H. ISSN   0004-6361.
  3. 1 2 Vallenari, A.; et al. (Gaia collaboration) (2023). "Gaia Data Release 3. Summary of the content and survey properties". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 674: A1. arXiv: 2208.00211 . Bibcode:2023A&A...674A...1G. doi: 10.1051/0004-6361/202243940 . S2CID   244398875. Gaia DR3 record for this source at VizieR .
  4. 1 2 Houk, N.; Cowley, A. P. (1975). University of Michigan Catalogue of two-dimensional spectral types for the HD stars. Volume I. Declinations −90° to −53°. Bibcode:1975mcts.book.....H.
  5. 1 2 Johnson, H. L.; et al. (1966). "UBVRIJKL photometry of the bright stars". Communications of the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory. 4 (99): 99. Bibcode:1966CoLPL...4...99J.
  6. 1 2 Gontcharov, G. A. (November 2006). "Pulkovo Compilation of Radial Velocities for 35 495 Hipparcos stars in a common system". Astronomy Letters. 32 (11): 759–771. arXiv: 1606.08053 . Bibcode:2006AstL...32..759G. doi:10.1134/S1063773706110065. S2CID   119231169.
  7. ↑ Anderson, E.; Francis, Ch. (May 2012). "XHIP: An extended hipparcos compilation". Astronomy Letters. 38 (5): 331–346. arXiv: 1108.4971 . Bibcode:2012AstL...38..331A. doi:10.1134/S1063773712050015. eISSN   1562-6873. ISSN   1063-7737. S2CID   119257644.
  8. 1 2 Kervella, Pierre; Arenou, Frédéric; Thévenin, Frédéric (2022). "Stellar and substellar companions from Gaia EDR3". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 657: A7. arXiv: 2109.10912 . Bibcode:2022A&A...657A...7K. doi: 10.1051/0004-6361/202142146 . eISSN   1432-0746. ISSN   0004-6361.
  9. 1 2 Stassun, Keivan G.; et al. (9 September 2019). "The Revised TESS Input Catalog and Candidate Target List". The Astronomical Journal. 158 (4): 138. arXiv: 1905.10694 . Bibcode:2019AJ....158..138S. doi: 10.3847/1538-3881/ab3467 . eISSN   1538-3881.
  10. 1 2 3 McDonald, I.; Zijlstra, A. A.; Boyer, M. L. (21 November 2012). "Fundamental parameters and infrared excesses of Hipparcos stars: Parameters and IR excesses from Hipparcos". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 427 (1): 343–357. arXiv: 1208.2037 . Bibcode:2012MNRAS.427..343M. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2012.21873.x . ISSN   0035-8711.
  11. 1 2 Anders, F.; et al. (August 2019). "Photo-astrometric distances, extinctions, and astrophysical parameters for Gaia DR2 stars brighter than G = 18". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 628: A94. arXiv: 1904.11302 . Bibcode:2019A&A...628A..94A. doi: 10.1051/0004-6361/201935765 . eISSN   1432-0746. ISSN   0004-6361.
  12. 1 2 De Medeiros, J. R.; Alves, S.; Udry, S.; Andersen, J.; Nordström, B.; Mayor, M. (January 2014). "A catalog of rotational and radial velocities for evolved stars: V. Southern stars⋆⋆⋆". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 561: A126. arXiv: 1312.3474 . Bibcode:2014A&A...561A.126D. doi: 10.1051/0004-6361/201220762 . ISSN   0004-6361.
  13. ↑ Gould, Benjamin Apthorp (1878). "Uranometria Argentina : brillantez y posicion de las estrellas fijas, hasta la septima magnitud, comprendidas dentro de cien grados del polo austral : con atlas". Resultados del Observatorio Nacional Argentino. 1. Bibcode:1879RNAO....1.....G.
  14. ↑ "HR 6635". SIMBAD . Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg . Retrieved August 15, 2022.
  15. ↑ Mason, Brian D.; Wycoff, Gary L.; Hartkopf, William I.; Douglass, Geoffrey G.; Worley, Charles E. (December 2001). "The 2001 US Naval Observatory Double Star CD-ROM. I. The Washington Double Star Catalog". The Astronomical Journal. 122 (6): 3466–3471. Bibcode:2001AJ....122.3466M. doi: 10.1086/323920 . ISSN   0004-6256.
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