Observation data Epoch J2000 Equinox J2000 | |
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Constellation | Puppis |
Right ascension | 07h 48m 20.16042s [1] |
Declination | −47° 04′ 39.7985″ [1] |
Apparent magnitude (V) | 4.71 [2] |
Characteristics | |
Spectral type | K0III [3] |
U−B color index | +0.92 [2] |
B−V color index | +1.06 [2] |
Astrometry | |
Radial velocity (Rv) | −1.20 [4] km/s |
Proper motion (μ) | RA: −101.85 [1] mas/yr Dec.: −78.08 [1] mas/yr |
Parallax (π) | 14.04±0.16 mas [1] |
Distance | 232 ± 3 ly (71.2 ± 0.8 pc) |
Absolute magnitude (MV) | +0.43 [5] |
Details | |
Mass | 1.27 [6] M☉ |
Radius | 13 [6] R☉ |
Luminosity | 84.48 [5] L☉ |
Surface gravity (log g) | 2.34 [6] cgs |
Temperature | 4,750 [7] K |
Metallicity [Fe/H] | -0.02 [8] dex |
Rotational velocity (v sin i) | < 1.0 [9] km/s |
Other designations | |
Q Puppis, CD−46°3451, GC 10553, GSC 08138-03767, HIP 38089, HR 3046, HD 63744, SAO 219018 | |
Database references | |
SIMBAD | data |
HD 63744 is a class K0III [3] (orange giant) star in the constellation Puppis. Its apparent magnitude is 4.71 [2] and it is approximately 232 light years away based on parallax. [1]