| Observation data Epoch J2000.0 Equinox J2000.0 (ICRS)  | |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Caelum [1] | 
| Right ascension | 04h 43m 09.29298s [2] | 
| Declination | −30° 45′ 56.0166″ [2] | 
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 5.66±0.01 [3] | 
| Characteristics | |
| Evolutionary stage | red giant branch [2] | 
| Spectral type | K3 III [4] | 
| U−B color index | +1.60 [5] | 
| B−V color index | +1.39 [5] | 
| Astrometry | |
| Radial velocity (Rv) | −3.8±2.9 [6] km/s | 
| Proper motion (μ) | RA: −30.790 mas/yr  [2]  Dec.: −67.724 mas/yr [2]  | 
| Parallax (π) | 5.326±0.0417 mas [2] | 
| Distance | 612 ± 5  ly  (188 ± 1 pc)  | 
| Absolute magnitude (MV) | −0.8 [1] | 
| Details | |
| Mass | 1.16 [7] M☉ | 
| Radius | 41.62 [8] R☉ | 
| Luminosity | 299±5 [9] L☉ | 
| Surface gravity (log g) | 1.40 [7] cgs | 
| Temperature | 4,262±122 [10] K | 
| Metallicity [Fe/H] | +0.01 [11] dex | 
| Rotational velocity (v sin i) | <1 [12] km/s | 
| Other designations | |
| 12 G. Caeli [13] , CD−30°1968, CPD−31°593, GC 5762, HD 30080, HIP 21958, HR 1509, SAO 195250 [14] | |
| Database references | |
| SIMBAD | data | 
HD 30080, also known as HR 1509, is a solitary, [15] orange hued star located in the southern constellation Caelum, the chisel. It has an apparent magnitude of 5.66, [3] allowing it to be faintly visible to the naked eye. Parallax measurements from Gaia DR3 place the object at a distance of 612 light years. It appears to be approaching the Solar System with a heliocentric radial velocity of −3.8 km/s . [6] Eggen (1989) lists it as a member of the thick disk population. [11]
HD 30080 is an evolved red giant with a stellar classification of K3 III. [4] It is currently on the red giant branch, [2] generating energy by fusing a hydrogen shell around an inert helium core. It has 116% the mass of the Sun [7] but has expanded to 41.6 times its girth. [8] It radiates 299 times the luminosity of the Sun [9] from its enlarged photosphere at an effective temperature of 4,262 K . [10] HD 30080 has a solar metallicity [11] and spins slowly with a projected rotational velocity of <1 km/s . [12]