HD 49947

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HD 49947
Observation data
Epoch J2000.0        Equinox J2000.0 (ICRS)
Constellation Volans
Right ascension 06h 43m 36.7555s [1]
Declination −73° 07′ 05.5512″ [1]
Apparent magnitude  (V)6.36 [2]
Characteristics
Evolutionary stage Horizontal branch [3]
Spectral type G8 III [4]
U−B color index +0.66 [5]
B−V color index +0.96 [5]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)15.88±0.84 [6]  km/s
Proper motion (μ)RA: +11.312  mas/yr [1]
Dec.: −98.389  mas/yr [1]
Parallax (π)7.1106 ± 0.0193  mas [1]
Distance 459 ± 1  ly
(140.6 ± 0.4  pc)
Absolute magnitude  (MV)+0.68 [2]
Details [7]
Mass 2.07±0.06  M☉
Radius 10.33±0.13  R☉
Luminosity 58.3±0.9  L☉
Surface gravity (log g)2.65±0.06  cgs
Temperature 4,964±25  K
Metallicity [Fe/H]−0.17±0.02  dex
Rotational velocity (v sin i)1.1±1.4 [8]  km/s
Age 1.27 [9]   Gyr
Other designations
3 G. Volantis, CD−72°351, CPD−72°522, FK5  2522, GC  8881, HD  49947, HIP  32222, HR  2531, SAO  256330 [10] [11]
Database references
SIMBAD data

HD 49947 (HR 2531) is a solitary star in the southern circumpolar constellation Volans. It has an apparent magnitude of 6.36, placing it near the max naked eye visibility. Parallax measurements place the object at a distance of 459 light years but is receding with a heliocentric radial velocity of 15.88  km/s

HD 49947 has a stellar classification of G8 III [4] and is a red clump giant, meaning that it is located on the warm end of the horizontal branch. [3] At present it has double the mass of the Sun [7] and at an age of 1.27 billion years, [9] has expanded to an enlarged radius of 10.33  solar radii . [7] It radiates at 61 times the luminosity of the Sun from its enlarged photosphere at an effective temperature of 4,964  K , [7] giving a yellow hue. HD 49947 is metal deficient with an iron abundance 68% that of Sun [7] and spins very slowly. [8]

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