HD 170069
HD 170069 (HR 6922) is a solitary[14] star in the southern constellation Telescopium. It has an apparent magnitude of 5.68,[2] allowing it to be faintly seen with the naked eye. The star is located at a distance of 590 light years[1] but is approaching closer with a heliocentric radial velocity of −18 km/s.[5] HD 170069 was designated as Tau Telescopii (τ Telescopii) before Benjamin Apthorp Gould dropped the title.[15]
Observation data Epoch J2000.0 Equinox J2000.0 (ICRS) | |
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Constellation | Telescopium |
Right ascension | 18h 29m 55.9414s[1] |
Declination | −47° 13′ 13.9500″[1] |
Apparent magnitude (V) | 5.68±0.01[2] |
Characteristics | |
Spectral type | K2 III[3] |
B−V color index | +1.26[4] |
Astrometry | |
Radial velocity (Rv) | −18±4.3[5] km/s |
Proper motion (μ) | RA: +28.685 mas/yr[1] Dec.: −12.434 mas/yr[1] |
Parallax (π) | 5.5748 ± 0.1894 mas[1] |
Distance | 590 ± 20 ly (179 ± 6 pc) |
Absolute magnitude (MV) | −0.78[6] |
Details | |
Mass | 4.08[7] M☉ |
Radius | 23.69[8] R☉ |
Luminosity | 217[9] L☉ |
Surface gravity (log g) | 1.46[10] cgs |
Temperature | 4490±125[8] K |
Rotational velocity (v sin i) | <1[11] km/s |
Other designations | |
Database references | |
SIMBAD | data |
HD 170069 has a stellar classification of K2 III,[3] indicating that it is a red giant. It has 4.08 times the mass of the Sun[7] but has expanded to 23.69 times its girth.[8] It radiates at 217 times the luminosity of the Sun[9] from its enlarged photosphere at an effective temperature of 4,490 K,[8] giving an orange hue. Due to its evolved state, it has a projected rotational velocity that is less than 1 km/s.[11]
References
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- 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.
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- 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.
- 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. ISSN 1063-7737. S2CID 119231169.
- 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. ISSN 1063-7737. S2CID 119257644.
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- 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.
- McDonald, I.; Zijlstra, A. A.; Watson, R. A. (15 June 2017). "Fundamental parameters and infrared excesses of Tycho–Gaia stars". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 471 (1): 770–791. arXiv:1706.02208. Bibcode:2017MNRAS.471..770M. doi:10.1093/mnras/stx1433. eISSN 1365-2966. ISSN 0035-8711.
- 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: V. Southern stars⋆⋆⋆". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 561: A126. arXiv:1312.3474. Bibcode:2014A&A...561A.126D. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201220762. ISSN 0004-6361.
- "HR 6922". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved June 24, 2022.
- 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.
- Eggleton, P. P.; Tokovinin, A. A. (11 September 2008). "A catalogue of multiplicity among bright stellar systems". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 389 (2): 869–879. arXiv:0806.2878. Bibcode:2008MNRAS.389..869E. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2008.13596.x. eISSN 1365-2966. ISSN 0035-8711.
- Morton Wagman (2003). Lost Stars: Lost, Missing, and Troublesome Stars from the Catalogues of Johannes Bayer, Nicholas-Louis de Lacaille, John Flamsteed, and Sundry Others (2 ed.). McDonald & Woodward Publishing Company. ISBN 978-0-939923-78-6. OCLC 1131243914.