Observation data Epoch J2000.0 Equinox J2000.0 ( ICRS) | |
---|---|
Constellation | Apus |
Right ascension | 15h 39m 18.39712s [1] |
Declination | −77° 55′ 04.8196″ [1] |
Apparent magnitude (V) | 6.18±0.01 [2] |
Characteristics | |
Evolutionary stage | horizontal branch [3] |
Spectral type | K2.5 IIIb CN1.5 Ba+0.5 [4] |
U−B color index | +1.36 [5] |
B−V color index | +1.21 [5] |
Astrometry | |
Radial velocity (Rv) | +13.1 [6] km/s |
Proper motion (μ) |
RA: −79.376
mas/
yr
[1] Dec.: −130.969 mas/ yr [1] |
Parallax (π) | 9.0832 ± 0.0204 mas [1] |
Distance | 359.1 ± 0.8
ly (110.1 ± 0.2 pc) |
Absolute magnitude (MV) | +1.21 [7] |
Details | |
Mass | 1.59 [8] M☉ |
Radius | 13±0.7 [9] R☉ |
Luminosity | 52.5+2.5 −2.4 [10] L☉ |
Surface gravity (log g) | 2.71 [8] cgs |
Temperature | 4,672±100 [11] K |
Metallicity [Fe/H] | −0.04 [8] dex |
Rotational velocity (v sin i) | 5.2±4.3 [12] km/s |
Age | 2.78+0.37 −0.52 [1] Gyr |
Other designations | |
Database references | |
SIMBAD | data |
HD 138289, also known as HR 5757, is a probable spectroscopic binary [12] located in the constellation Apus, the bird-of-paradise. It has an apparent magnitude of 6.18, [2] placing it near the limit for naked eye. Gaia DR3 parallax measurements place the object 359 light years away [1] and it is currently receding with a heliocentric radial velocity of 13.1 km/s. [6] At its current distance, HD 138289's brightness is diminished by 0.25 magnitudes due to extinction from interstellar dust. [15] It has an absolute magnitude of +1.21. [7]
The visible component has a stellar classification of K2.5 IIIb CN1.5 Ba+0.5, [4] indicating that it is a red giant with an anomalous overabundance of cyano radicals in its spectrum. The IIIb luminosity class indicates that it is a lower luminosity giant star. The Ba+0.5 suffix states that it is a mild barium star, whose barium abundance might have come from a hidden white dwarf companion. HD 138289 is estimated to be 2.8 billion years old, [1] enough time for it to cool and expand to 13 times the radius of the Sun. [9] It is now on the horizontal branch, [3] fusing helium at its core. At present it has 1.59 times the mass of the Sun and radiates 52.5 times the luminosity of the Sun [10] from its enlarged photosphere at an effective temperature of 4,672 K. [11] HD 138289 has a near solar metallicity and spins modestly with a poorly constrained projected rotational velocity of 5.2 km/s. [12]
Observation data Epoch J2000.0 Equinox J2000.0 ( ICRS) | |
---|---|
Constellation | Apus |
Right ascension | 15h 39m 18.39712s [1] |
Declination | −77° 55′ 04.8196″ [1] |
Apparent magnitude (V) | 6.18±0.01 [2] |
Characteristics | |
Evolutionary stage | horizontal branch [3] |
Spectral type | K2.5 IIIb CN1.5 Ba+0.5 [4] |
U−B color index | +1.36 [5] |
B−V color index | +1.21 [5] |
Astrometry | |
Radial velocity (Rv) | +13.1 [6] km/s |
Proper motion (μ) |
RA: −79.376
mas/
yr
[1] Dec.: −130.969 mas/ yr [1] |
Parallax (π) | 9.0832 ± 0.0204 mas [1] |
Distance | 359.1 ± 0.8
ly (110.1 ± 0.2 pc) |
Absolute magnitude (MV) | +1.21 [7] |
Details | |
Mass | 1.59 [8] M☉ |
Radius | 13±0.7 [9] R☉ |
Luminosity | 52.5+2.5 −2.4 [10] L☉ |
Surface gravity (log g) | 2.71 [8] cgs |
Temperature | 4,672±100 [11] K |
Metallicity [Fe/H] | −0.04 [8] dex |
Rotational velocity (v sin i) | 5.2±4.3 [12] km/s |
Age | 2.78+0.37 −0.52 [1] Gyr |
Other designations | |
Database references | |
SIMBAD | data |
HD 138289, also known as HR 5757, is a probable spectroscopic binary [12] located in the constellation Apus, the bird-of-paradise. It has an apparent magnitude of 6.18, [2] placing it near the limit for naked eye. Gaia DR3 parallax measurements place the object 359 light years away [1] and it is currently receding with a heliocentric radial velocity of 13.1 km/s. [6] At its current distance, HD 138289's brightness is diminished by 0.25 magnitudes due to extinction from interstellar dust. [15] It has an absolute magnitude of +1.21. [7]
The visible component has a stellar classification of K2.5 IIIb CN1.5 Ba+0.5, [4] indicating that it is a red giant with an anomalous overabundance of cyano radicals in its spectrum. The IIIb luminosity class indicates that it is a lower luminosity giant star. The Ba+0.5 suffix states that it is a mild barium star, whose barium abundance might have come from a hidden white dwarf companion. HD 138289 is estimated to be 2.8 billion years old, [1] enough time for it to cool and expand to 13 times the radius of the Sun. [9] It is now on the horizontal branch, [3] fusing helium at its core. At present it has 1.59 times the mass of the Sun and radiates 52.5 times the luminosity of the Sun [10] from its enlarged photosphere at an effective temperature of 4,672 K. [11] HD 138289 has a near solar metallicity and spins modestly with a poorly constrained projected rotational velocity of 5.2 km/s. [12]