Observation data Epoch J2000 Equinox J2000 | |
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Constellation | Eridanus |
Right ascension | 03h 37m 05.67915s [1] |
Declination | −40° 16′ 7408″ [1] |
Apparent magnitude (V) | 4.57 [2] |
Characteristics | |
Spectral type | K1 III [3] |
B−V color index | 1.023±0.028 [2] |
Astrometry | |
Radial velocity (Rv) | +11.50±0.02 [4] km/s |
Proper motion (μ) | RA: −13.342 mas/yr Dec.: −12.219 mas/yr |
Parallax (π) | 14.1588 ± 0.3283 [1] mas |
Distance | 230 ± 5 ly (71 ± 2 pc) |
Absolute magnitude (MV) | +0.32 [2] |
Details [4] | |
Mass | 1.43±0.25 M☉ |
Radius | 13.01±0.54 R☉ |
Luminosity | 95.5+16.7 −14.2 L☉ |
Surface gravity (log g) | 2.75±0.01 cgs |
Temperature | 4,660±21 K |
Metallicity [Fe/H] | −0.15±0.05 dex |
Rotational velocity (v sin i) | 1.40±0.55 km/s |
Age | 2.58±1.22 Gyr |
Other designations | |
Database references | |
SIMBAD | data |
HD 22663 (y Eridani) is a candidate astrometric binary [6] star system in the equatorial constellation of Eridanus. It is visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of 4.57. [2] Based upon an annual parallax shift of 14.2 mas , [1] it is located around 230 light years from the Sun. It is moving further away from the Earth with a heliocentric radial velocity of +11.5 km/s, [4] having come within 140.9 ly some 3.76 million years ago. [2]
The visible component is an orange-hued giant star with a stellar classification of K1 III, [3] having exhausted the hydrogen at its core and evolved away from the main sequence. It has an estimated 1.4 times the mass of the Sun and has expanded to 13 times the Sun's radius. At the age of 2.6 billion years, this star is radiating 96 times the Sun's luminosity from its enlarged photosphere at an effective temperature of 4,660 K. [4]
Chi Scorpii, Latinized from χ Scorpii, is a single star in the zodiac constellation of Scorpius. It has an orange hue and can be faintly seen with the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of 5.22. Based upon parallax measurements, this star is around 409 light years from the Sun. The star is drifting closer with a radial velocity of −23.6 km/s.
Lambda2 Tucanae is a solitary star in the southern constellation of Tucana. It is faintly visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of +5.45. Based upon an annual parallax shift of 14.6 mas as seen from Earth, it is located around 223 light years from the Sun. At that distance, the visual magnitude of the star is diminished by an extinction factor of 0.09 due to interstellar dust.
42 Aquarii is a single star located 447 light years away from the Sun in the zodiac constellation of Aquarius. 42 Aquarii is its Flamsteed designation. It is visible to the naked eye as a faint, orange-hued star with an apparent visual magnitude of 5.34. This object is moving further from the Sun with a heliocentric radial velocity of around +13 km/s.
58 Aquilae is a single star located around 520 light years from the Sun in the equatorial constellation of Aquila, near Eta Aquilae. 58 Aquilae is its Flamsteed designation. It is visible to the naked eye as a dim, blue-white hued star with an apparent visual magnitude of 5.60. This object is moving closer to the Earth with a heliocentric radial velocity of −53 km/s, and may come as close as 161 light-years in around 1.8 million years.
C3 Centauri is a suspected astrometric binary star system in the southern constellation of Centaurus. It has an orange hue and is dimly visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of +5.46. The distance to this object is approximately 342 light years based on parallax. It is a member of the Hyades Stream of co-moving stars.
HD 125288 is a single star in the southern constellation of Centaurus. It has the Bayer designation v Centauri ; while HD 125288 is the star's identifier in the Henry Draper catalogue. The object has a blue-white hue and is faintly visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of 4.30. Based on parallax measurements, it is located at a distance of approximately 1,230 light years from the Sun. This is a candidate runaway star that is moving to the west and falling back into the Galactic plane. It has an absolute magnitude of −3.56.
HD 47536 is a single star in the southern constellation of Canis Major. It has an orange hue and is dimly visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of +5.25. The star is located at a distance of approximately 401 light years from the Sun based on parallax. It is drifting further away with a radial velocity of 80 km/s.
HD 122430 is single star in the equatorial constellation of Hydra. It has an orange hue and is faintly visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of 5.47. The star is located at a distance of 105.6 light years from the Sun based on parallax.
HD 75710 is a single star in the constellation of Vela. It has an apparent visual magnitude of approximately 4.94, which is bright enough to be faintly visible to the naked eye. Based upon an annual parallax shift of 2.7 mas, it is located about 1,200 light years from the Sun.
18 Sagittarii is a single star in zodiac constellation of Sagittarius, located around 550 light years away from the Sun based on parallax. It is visible to the naked eye as a faint, orange-hued star with an apparent visual magnitude of 5.58. This object is moving closer to the Earth with a heliocentric radial velocity of −19 km/s.
ι Reticuli, Latinized as Iota Reticuli, is a solitary, orange-hued star in the southern constellation of Reticulum. It is faintly visible to the naked eye, having a combined apparent visual magnitude of +4.97. Based upon an annual parallax shift of 10.22 mas as seen from Earth, it is located around 319 light years from the Sun. At present it is receding from the Sun with a radial velocity of +61 km/s, having come closest to the Sun 883,000 years ago at a distance of 212 light years. Iota Reticuli is moving through the Galaxy at a speed of 80.9 km/s relative to the Sun. Its projected Galactic orbit carries it between 12,300 and 25,100 light years from the center of the Galaxy.
HD 101570 is a single star in the southern constellation of Centaurus. It has a yellow hue and is faintly visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of 4.93. The star is located at a distance of approximately 1,120 light years from the Sun based on parallax, and is drifting further away with a radial velocity of +18 km/s. It has an absolute magnitude of −2.24.
HD 125442 is a single star in the southern constellation of Lupus. Its apparent visual magnitude is 4.78, which can be seen with the naked eye. The distance to HD 125442, as determined from its annual parallax shift of 22.1 mas, is 147 light years.
27 Monocerotis is a single star located about 318 light years away from the Sun star in the equatorial constellation of Monoceros. It is visible to the naked eye as a faint, orange-hued star with an apparent visual magnitude of 4.93. The star is advancing toward the Earth with a heliocentric radial velocity of −28 km/s.
Kappa Normae, Latinized from κ Normae, is a solitary, yellow hued star in the southern constellation of Norma. Its apparent magnitude is 4.94, which is bright enough to be faintly visible to the naked eye. Based upon an annual parallax shift of 7.44 mas as seen from Earth, the system is located about 440 light years from the Sun. It is drifting closer with a radial velocity of 13.5 km/s.
Sigma Ophiuchi, Latinized from σ Ophiuchi, is a single, orange-hued star in the equatorial constellation Ophiuchus. Its apparent visual magnitude is 4.31, which is bright enough to be faintly visible to the naked eye. The annual parallax shift of 3.62 mas as seen from Earth provides a distance estimate of roughly 900 light years. It is moving closer to the Sun with a radial velocity of −28 km/s.
71 Ophiuchi is a single star in the equatorial constellation of Ophiuchus. It is visible to the naked eye as a faint, yellow-hued point of light with an apparent visual magnitude of 4.64. The star is located approximately 273 light years away from the Sun based on parallax, and is moving closer with a radial velocity of −3 km/s.
ν Pegasi, Latinized as Nu Pegasi is a single star in the northern constellation of Pegasus. It is an orange-hued star that is faintly visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of 4.84. The star is located approximately 261 light years away based on parallax, but is drifting closer with a radial velocity of −19 km/s.
HD 161840 is a single, blue-white hued star in the southern zodiac constellation of Scorpius. It is faintly visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of 4.79. With an annual parallax shift of 6.5 mas it is located roughly 500 light years from the Sun. It is moving closer with a heliocentric radial velocity of −13 km/s.
HD 89998 is a single star in the southern constellation of Vela. It is a faint star but visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of 4.82. The distance to HD 89998, as determined from its annual parallax shift of 15.9 mas, is 205 light years. The star is moving further from the Earth with a heliocentric radial velocity of +21 km/s, having come within 140 ly some 1.552 million years ago.