Observation data Epoch J2000 Equinox J2000 | |
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Constellation | Perseus |
Right ascension | 03h 05m 32.41223s [1] |
Declination | +56° 42′ 20.5858″ [1] |
Apparent magnitude (V) | 4.77 [2] |
Characteristics | |
Evolutionary stage | red giant branch [3] |
Spectral type | G9.5III [4] |
U−B color index | +0.85 [5] |
B−V color index | +1.02 [5] |
Astrometry | |
Radial velocity (Rv) | −46.37 [6] km/s |
Proper motion (μ) | RA: −12.72 [1] mas/yr Dec.: +70.04 [1] mas/yr |
Parallax (π) | 15.45±0.27 mas [1] |
Distance | 211 ± 4 ly (65 ± 1 pc) |
Absolute magnitude (MV) | 0.72 [2] |
Details | |
Mass | 1.53 [7] M☉ |
Radius | 11 [7] R☉ |
Luminosity | 63.48 [2] L☉ |
Surface gravity (log g) | 2.54 [7] cgs |
Temperature | 4,900 [8] K |
Metallicity [Fe/H] | −0.08 [2] dex |
Rotational velocity (v sin i) | < 1.0 [9] km/s |
Other designations | |
k Persei, BD+56°767, FK5 2217, GC 3674, HIP 14382, HR 918, HD 18970, SAO 23791 | |
Database references | |
SIMBAD | data |
HD 18970 is a class G9.5III [4] (yellow giant) star in the constellation Perseus. Its apparent magnitude is 4.77 [2] and it is approximately 211 light years away based on parallax. [1]