| Observation data Epoch J2000.0 Equinox J2000.0 | |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Carina [1] |
| Right ascension | 10h 27m 52.72877s [2] |
| Declination | −58° 44′ 21.8507″ [2] |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 3.81 [1] |
| Characteristics | |
| Spectral type | F2II [3] or F0Ib [4] |
| B−V color index | 0.317±0.019 [1] |
| Astrometry | |
| Radial velocity (Rv) | +9.4±0.7 [1] km/s |
| Proper motion (μ) | RA: −14.47 [2] mas/yr Dec.: +2.36 [2] mas/yr |
| Parallax (π) | 2.43±0.12 mas [2] |
| Distance | 1,340 ± 70 ly (410 ± 20 pc) |
| Absolute magnitude (MV) | −4.44 [1] |
| Details | |
| Mass | 7.00±0.55 [5] M☉ |
| Radius | 45.05+3.74 −4.03 [6] R☉ |
| Luminosity | 3,466±392 [6] L☉ |
| Surface gravity (log g) | 1.50 [7] cgs |
| Temperature | 6,598+317 −258 [6] K |
| Metallicity [Fe/H] | −0.37 [7] [1] dex |
| Rotational velocity (v sin i) | 22.0 [7] km/s |
| Age | 100 [7] Myr |
| Other designations | |
| s Car, NSV 4869, AAVSO 1024-58C, CD−58°2227, FK5 393, GC 14388, HD 90853, HIP 51232, HR 4114, SAO 238085 [8] | |
| Database references | |
| SIMBAD | data |
HD 90853 is a single [9] star in the southern constellation Carina. It has the Bayer designation s Carinae, while HD 90853 is the identifier from the Henry Draper catalogue . This is a suspectedvariable star [10] with an apparent visual magnitude reported to vary between 3.79 and 3.83, [11] and thus is bright enough to be visible to the naked eye. It is located at a distance of approximately 1,340 light-years from the Sun based on parallax, and has an absolute magnitude of −4.44. [1] The star is drifting further away with a radial velocity of +9 km/s. [1]
This is an aging bright giant or supergiant star that has been assigned stellar classifications of F2II [3] and F0Ib, [4] respectively. It has seven [5] times the mass of the Sun and has expanded to 45 [6] times the Sun's radius. It is spinning with a projected rotational velocity of 22 km/s. [7] The star is radiating 3,466 [6] times the luminosity of the Sun from its enlarged photosphere at an effective temperature of 6,598 K . [6]