HD 39901 is an orange hued star located in the constellation Columba. It is also called HR 2069, which is the star's Bright Star Catalog designation. Eggen (1989) lists it as a member of the old disk population.[11]
| Observation data Epoch J2000.0 Equinox J2000.0 (ICRS) | |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Columba |
| Right ascension | 05h 53m 22.85088s[1] |
| Declination | −42° 55′ 16.7853″[1] |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 6.54±0.01[2] |
| Characteristics | |
| Spectral type | K3 III[3] |
| B−V color index | +1.37[4] |
| Astrometry | |
| Radial velocity (Rv) | −10.3±0.4[5] km/s |
| Proper motion (μ) | RA: +5.109 mas/yr[1] Dec.: +11.405 mas/yr[1] |
| Parallax (π) | 5.1076 ± 0.0152 mas[1] |
| Distance | 639 ± 2 ly (195.8 ± 0.6 pc) |
| Absolute magnitude (MV) | −0.03[6] |
| Details | |
| Mass | 1.27[7] M☉ |
| Radius | 21.9[8] R☉ |
| Luminosity | 143±1[9] L☉ |
| Surface gravity (log g) | 1.87[7] cgs |
| Temperature | 4,373±122[10] K |
| Metallicity [Fe/H] | +0.08[11] dex |
| Rotational velocity (v sin i) | <1.6[12] km/s |
| Other designations | |
| Database references | |
| SIMBAD | data |
Despite the HR designation, the object has an apparent magnitude of 6.54,[2] slightly past the limit for the naked eye visibility. As a result, it is barely visible to the unaided eye in the best conditions. Parallax measurements from the Gaia spacecraft place the object 639 light years away.[1] It is approaching the Solar System with a heliocentric radial velocity of −10.3 km/s.[5] At that distance, HD 39901's brightness is diminished by 0.33 magnitudes due to interstellar dust.[15] It has an absolute magnitude of −0.03.[6]
This is an evolved red giant star with a stellar classification of K3 III.[3] It has a comparable mass to the Sun[7] but has expanded to 21.9 times the latter's girth.[8] It radiates 143 times the luminosity of the Sun[9] from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 4,373 K.[10] HD 39901 is slightly enriched in heavy elements with a metallicity 120% that of the Sun's.[11] Like most giants, it spins slowly, having a projected rotational velocity lower than 1.6 km/s.[12]
References edit
- ^ a b c d e Vallenari, A.; et al. (Gaia collaboration) (2023). "Gaia Data Release 3. Summary of the content and survey properties". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 674: A1. arXiv:2208.00211. Bibcode:2023A&A...674A...1G. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202243940. S2CID 244398875. Gaia DR3 record for this source at VizieR.
- ^ a b Høg, E.; Fabricius, C.; Makarov, V. V.; Urban, S.; Corbin, T.; Wycoff, G.; Bastian, U.; Schwekendiek, P.; Wicenec, A. (March 2000). "The Tycho-2 catalogue of the 2.5 million brightest stars". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 355: L27–L30. Bibcode:2000A&A...355L..27H. ISSN 0004-6361.
- ^ a b Houk, Nancy (1978). Michigan catalogue of two-dimensional spectral types for the HD stars Volume II: Declinations −52° to −41°. Bibcode:1978mcts.book.....H.
- ^ Corben, P. M. (April 1971). "Photoelectric Magnitudes and Colours for Bright Southern Stars". Monthly Notes of the Astronomical Society of South Africa. 30 (4): 37. Bibcode:1971MNSSA..30...37C. ISSN 0024-8266.
- ^ a b Gontcharov, G. A. (November 2006). "Pulkovo Compilation of Radial Velocities for 35 495 Hipparcos stars in a common system". Astronomy Letters. 32 (11): 759–771. arXiv:1606.08053. Bibcode:2006AstL...32..759G. doi:10.1134/S1063773706110065. eISSN 1562-6873. ISSN 1063-7737. S2CID 119231169.
- ^ a b Anderson, E.; Francis, Ch. (May 2012). "XHIP: An extended hipparcos compilation". Astronomy Letters. 38 (5): 331–346. arXiv:1108.4971. Bibcode:2012AstL...38..331A. doi:10.1134/S1063773712050015. eISSN 1562-6873. ISSN 1063-7737. S2CID 119257644.
- ^ a b c Anders, F.; et al. (February 2022). "Photo-astrometric distances, extinctions, and astrophysical parameters for Gaia EDR3 stars brighter than G = 18.5". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 658: A91. arXiv:2111.01860. Bibcode:2022A&A...658A..91A. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202142369. eISSN 1432-0746. ISSN 0004-6361.
- ^ a b Kervella, Pierre; Arenou, Frédéric; Thévenin, Frédéric (20 December 2021). "Stellar and substellar companions from Gaia EDR3". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 657: A7. arXiv:2109.10912. Bibcode:2022A&A...657A...7K. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202142146. eISSN 1432-0746. ISSN 0004-6361.
- ^ a b Brown, A. G. A.; et al. (Gaia collaboration) (August 2018). "Gaia Data Release 2: Summary of the contents and survey properties". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 616. A1. arXiv:1804.09365. Bibcode:2018A&A...616A...1G. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201833051. Gaia DR2 record for this source at VizieR.
- ^ a b Stassun, Keivan G.; et al. (9 September 2019). "The Revised TESS Input Catalog and Candidate Target List". The Astronomical Journal. 158 (4): 138. arXiv:1905.10694. Bibcode:2019AJ....158..138S. doi:10.3847/1538-3881/ab3467. eISSN 1538-3881. hdl:1721.1/124721. S2CID 166227927.
- ^ a b c Eggen, Olin J. (April 1989). "Large and kinematically unbiased samples of G- and K-type stars. IV - Evolved stars of the old disk population". Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. 101: 366. Bibcode:1989PASP..101..366E. doi:10.1086/132442. eISSN 1538-3873. ISSN 0004-6280.
- ^ a b De Medeiros, J. R.; Alves, S.; Udry, S.; Andersen, J.; Nordström, B.; Mayor, M. (January 2014). "A catalog of rotational and radial velocities for evolved stars". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 561: A126. arXiv:1312.3474. Bibcode:2014A&A...561A.126D. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201220762. eISSN 1432-0746. ISSN 0004-6361.
- ^ Gould, Benjamin Apthorp (1878). "Uranometria Argentina : brillantez y posicion de las estrellas fijas, hasta la septima magnitud, comprendidas dentro de cien grados del polo austral : con atlas". Resultados del Observatorio Nacional Argentino. 1. Bibcode:1879RNAO....1.....G.
- ^ "HD 39901". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2011-12-20.
- ^ Gontcharov, George A.; Mosenkov, Aleksandr V. (28 September 2017). "Verifying reddening and extinction for Gaia DR1 TGAS main sequence stars". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 472 (4): 3805–3820. arXiv:1709.01160. Bibcode:2017MNRAS.472.3805G. doi:10.1093/mnras/stx2219. eISSN 1365-2966. ISSN 0035-8711.