HD 154577 (Gliese 656) is a solar-type star in the southern constellation of Ara. It is a high proper motion star and, based upon an annual parallax shift of 73.41 mas,[1] is located about 44 light years from the Sun. The star is too faint to be readily visible to the naked eye, having an apparent visual magnitude of 7.4.[2] It is moving away from the Sun with a radial velocity of +9 km/s.[5]

HD 154577
Observation data
Epoch J2000      Equinox J2000
Constellation Ara
Right ascension 17h 10m 10.35091s[1]
Declination −60° 43′ 43.5757″[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) 7.385[2]
Characteristics
Spectral type K2.5Vk:[3]
U−B color index +0.53[4]
B−V color index +0.89[4]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)+8.8[5] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: 70.96[1] mas/yr
Dec.: 589.86[1] mas/yr
Parallax (π)73.41 ± 0.70 mas[1]
Distance44.4 ± 0.4 ly
(13.6 ± 0.1 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)6.71[2]
Details
Mass0.68[6] M
Radius0.68[7] R
Luminosity0.24[8] L
Surface gravity (log g)4.70[3] cgs
Temperature4,850[3] K
Metallicity [Fe/H]−0.70[9] dex
Rotational velocity (v sin i)0.2[10] km/s
Age3.2[11] Gyr
Other designations
CD-60 6576, GCTP, GJ 656, HD 154577, HIP 83990, LHS 3268, LTT 6833, SAO 253819.[12]
Database references
SIMBADdata
ARICNSdata

This star has only 68% of the Sun's mass and radius, an effective temperature of 4,850 K and a stellar classification of K2.5Vk:,[3] which indicates it is a K-type main sequence star. (The 'k' suffix indicates there are interstellar absorption features in the spectra, while ':' means there is some uncertainty about the classification.) It is about 3.2[11] billion years old and appears to be spinning slowly with a projected rotational velocity of 0.2 km/s.[10] The star is radiating 24%[8] of the Sun's luminosity from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 4,850 K.[3]

As of 2005, this star is not known to host any planets.[6] No excess of infrared radiation has been detected of the type that would indicate the presence of an orbiting debris disk.[11]

References

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  2. ^ a b c Holmberg, J.; Nordström, B.; Andersen, J. (July 2009). "The Geneva-Copenhagen survey of the solar neighbourhood. III. Improved distances, ages, and kinematics". Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement Series. 501 (3): 941–947. arXiv:0811.3982. Bibcode:2009A&A...501..941H. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/200811191. S2CID 118577511. Note: see VizieR catalogue V/130.
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  4. ^ a b Cousins, A. W. J. (1973). "UBV photometry of some southern stars". Monthly Notes of the Astronomical Society of Southern Africa. 32: 11. Bibcode:1973MNSSA..32...11C.
  5. ^ a b Evans, D. S. (June 20–24, 1966). "The Revision of the General Catalogue of Radial Velocities". In Batten, Alan Henry; Heard, John Frederick (eds.). Determination of Radial Velocities and their Applications, Proceedings from IAU Symposium no. 30. University of Toronto: International Astronomical Union. Bibcode:1967IAUS...30...57E.
  6. ^ a b Santos, N. C.; et al. (July 2005). "Spectroscopic metallicities for planet-host stars: Extending the samples". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 437 (3): 1127–1133. arXiv:astro-ph/0504154. Bibcode:2005A&A...437.1127S. doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20052895. S2CID 16256304.
  7. ^ Takeda, Genya; et al. (February 2007), "Structure and Evolution of Nearby Stars with Planets. II. Physical Properties of ~1000 Cool Stars from the SPOCS Catalog", The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, 168 (2): 297–318, arXiv:astro-ph/0607235, Bibcode:2007ApJS..168..297T, doi:10.1086/509763, S2CID 18775378.
  8. ^ a b Anderson, E.; Francis, Ch. (2012), "XHIP: An extended hipparcos compilation", Astronomy Letters, 38 (5): 331, arXiv:1108.4971, Bibcode:2012AstL...38..331A, doi:10.1134/S1063773712050015, S2CID 119257644.
  9. ^ Adibekyan, V. Zh.; et al. (September 2012), "Chemical abundances of 1111 FGK stars from the HARPS GTO planet search program. Galactic stellar populations and planets", Astronomy & Astrophysics, 545: 15, arXiv:1207.2388, Bibcode:2012A&A...545A..32A, doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201219401, S2CID 118300756, A32.
  10. ^ a b Valenti, Jeff A.; Fischer, Debra A. (July 2005), "Spectroscopic Properties of Cool Stars (SPOCS). I. 1040 F, G, and K Dwarfs from Keck, Lick, and AAT Planet Search Programs", The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, 159 (1): 141–166, Bibcode:2005ApJS..159..141V, doi:10.1086/430500.
  11. ^ a b c Lawler, S. M.; et al. (November 2009). "Explorations Beyond the Snow Line: Spitzer/IRS Spectra of Debris Disks Around Solar-type Stars". The Astrophysical Journal. 705 (1): 89–111. arXiv:0909.0058. Bibcode:2009ApJ...705...89L. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/705/1/89. S2CID 1272803.
  12. ^ "LHS 3268 -- High proper-motion star". SIMBAD. Centre de Données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2010-12-06.