HD 55151

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HD 55151
Observation data
Epoch J2000       Equinox J2000
Constellation Volans
Right ascension 07h 06m 14.31s [1]
Declination −68° 50 15.29 [1]
Apparent magnitude  (V)6.47±0.01 [2]
Characteristics
Spectral type K0 III [3]
U−B color index +0.87 [4]
B−V color index +1.04 [4]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)−13±0.14 [1]  km/s
Proper motion (μ)RA: +5.690  mas/yr [1]
Dec.: -2.103  mas/yr [1]
Parallax (π)6.3734 ± 0.0192  mas [1]
Distance 512 ± 2  ly
(156.9 ± 0.5  pc)
Absolute magnitude  (MV)+0.43 [5]
Details
Mass 2.00±0.27 [6]   M
Radius 12.03±0.25 [1]   R
Luminosity 70.6±0.4 [1]   L
Surface gravity (log g)2.77±0.14 [7]   cgs
Temperature 4,824+51
−48
[1]   K
Metallicity [Fe/H]−0.02±0.05 [7]   dex
Rotational velocity (v sin i)<1 [8]  km/s
Other designations
7 G. Volantis, CD−68 447, HD  55151, HIP  34270, HR  2712, SAO  249740
Database references
SIMBAD data

HD 55151 (HR 2712) is a solitary star located in the circumpolar constellation Volans. With an apparent magnitude of 6.47, [2] it is near the limit of naked eye visibility. The star is located 512 light years [1] away from the Solar System, but is drifting closer with a heliocentric radial velocity of -13 km/s. [1]

HD 55151 has a stellar classification of K0 III, [3] which states that it is an early K-type star that has exhausted hydrogen at its core and left the main sequence. It has twice the Sun's mass, [6] but has expanded to 12 times the Sun's girth. [1] It radiates at 70 solar luminosities [1] from its enlarged photosphere at an effective temperature of 4,824 K, [1] which gives it the orangish-yellow hue of a K-type star. HD 55151 belongs to the thin disk population, [9] and is slightly metal deficient. However, it has a projected rotational velocity that is too low to be measured. [8]

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