Observation data Epoch J2000.0 Equinox J2000.0 | |
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Constellation | Lyra [1] |
Right ascension | 19h 15m 24.85937s [2] |
Declination | +30° 31′ 34.9760″ [2] |
Apparent magnitude (V) | 5.88 [1] |
Characteristics | |
Evolutionary stage | AGB [3] |
Spectral type | M1IIIab [1] |
U−B color index | +2.03 |
B−V color index | +1.665±0.007 [1] |
Astrometry | |
Radial velocity (Rv) | −64.43±0.23 [2] km/s |
Proper motion (μ) | RA: 34.425 [2] mas/yr Dec.: −26.081 [2] mas/yr |
Parallax (π) | 2.37±0.61 mas [2] |
Distance | approx. 1,400 ly (approx. 400 pc) |
Absolute magnitude (MV) | −2.03 [1] |
Details | |
Mass | 1.4 [4] M☉ |
Radius | 84 [5] R☉ |
Luminosity | 1,218 [5] L☉ |
Surface gravity (log g) | 1.58 [4] cgs |
Temperature | 3,733 [5] K |
Metallicity [Fe/H] | −0.23 [4] dex |
Other designations | |
BD+30°3491, GC 26550, HD 180450, HIP 94630, HR 7302, SAO 68040, GSC 02653-01682 [6] | |
Database references | |
SIMBAD | data |
HD 180450 is a single [7] star in the northern constellation of Lyra, positioned about half a degree to the NNW of the globular cluster M56. [8] At an apparent visual magnitude of 5.88, [1] it is dimly visible to the naked eye under good viewing conditions. This star is located at a distance of approximately 1,400 light years from the Sun based on parallax measurements, but is drifting closer with a radial velocity of −64.4 km/s. [2]
This is an aging red giant star with a stellar classification of M1IIIab, [1] It is currently on the asymptotic giant branch, [9] having exhausted the supply of hydrogen in its core and evolved of the main sequence. It has expanded to ~68 times the radius of the Sun and is radiating a thousand times the Sun' luminosity from its enlarged photosphere at en effective temperature of 3,947 K. [2]