Observation data Epoch J2000.0 Equinox J2000.0 | |
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Constellation | Carina |
Right ascension | 09h 20m 56.81329s [1] |
Declination | −62° 24′ 16.6811″ [1] |
Apparent magnitude (V) | 4.79 [2] |
Characteristics | |
Spectral type | G6III [3] |
B−V color index | +0.926±0.035 [2] |
Astrometry | |
Radial velocity (Rv) | +51.12±0.15 [1] km/s |
Proper motion (μ) |
RA: −27.15
[1]
mas/
yr Dec.: −14.18 [1] mas/ yr |
Parallax (π) | 14.4946 ± 0.1593 mas [1] |
Distance | 225 ± 2
ly (69.0 ± 0.8 pc) |
Absolute magnitude (MV) | 0.51 [2] |
Details | |
Mass | 1.95 [4] M☉ |
Radius | 11.19+0.19 −0.15 [1] R☉ |
Luminosity | 65.4±0.9 [1] L☉ |
Surface gravity (log g) | 2.720±0.050 [5] cgs |
Temperature | 4,908+43 −33 [1] K |
Metallicity [Fe/H] | −0.360±0.020 [5] dex |
Age | 2.04 [4] Gyr |
Other designations | |
Database references | |
SIMBAD | data |
HD 81101 is a single [7] star in the southern constellation of Carina. It has the Bayer designation k Carinae, while HD 81101 is the star's designation in the Henry Draper catalogue. The star has a yellow hue and is faintly visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of 4.79. [2] It is located at a distance of approximately 225 light years from the Sun based on parallax. [1] This object is drifting further away with a radial velocity of +51 km/s, [1] having come to within 22 light-years of the Sun some 1.4 million years ago. [8]
This is an aging giant star with a stellar classification of G6III, [3] having exhausted the supply of hydrogen at its core then cooled and expanded away from the main sequence. It is two [4] billion years old with 1.95 [4] times the mass of the Sun and has expanded to 11 [1] times the Sun's radius. The star is radiating 65 [1] times the luminosity of the Sun from its swollen photosphere at an effective temperature of 4,908 K. [1] Being a member of the old disk population, [9] the metallicity of the star's stellar atmosphere is much lower than solar. [5]
Observation data Epoch J2000.0 Equinox J2000.0 | |
---|---|
Constellation | Carina |
Right ascension | 09h 20m 56.81329s [1] |
Declination | −62° 24′ 16.6811″ [1] |
Apparent magnitude (V) | 4.79 [2] |
Characteristics | |
Spectral type | G6III [3] |
B−V color index | +0.926±0.035 [2] |
Astrometry | |
Radial velocity (Rv) | +51.12±0.15 [1] km/s |
Proper motion (μ) |
RA: −27.15
[1]
mas/
yr Dec.: −14.18 [1] mas/ yr |
Parallax (π) | 14.4946 ± 0.1593 mas [1] |
Distance | 225 ± 2
ly (69.0 ± 0.8 pc) |
Absolute magnitude (MV) | 0.51 [2] |
Details | |
Mass | 1.95 [4] M☉ |
Radius | 11.19+0.19 −0.15 [1] R☉ |
Luminosity | 65.4±0.9 [1] L☉ |
Surface gravity (log g) | 2.720±0.050 [5] cgs |
Temperature | 4,908+43 −33 [1] K |
Metallicity [Fe/H] | −0.360±0.020 [5] dex |
Age | 2.04 [4] Gyr |
Other designations | |
Database references | |
SIMBAD | data |
HD 81101 is a single [7] star in the southern constellation of Carina. It has the Bayer designation k Carinae, while HD 81101 is the star's designation in the Henry Draper catalogue. The star has a yellow hue and is faintly visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of 4.79. [2] It is located at a distance of approximately 225 light years from the Sun based on parallax. [1] This object is drifting further away with a radial velocity of +51 km/s, [1] having come to within 22 light-years of the Sun some 1.4 million years ago. [8]
This is an aging giant star with a stellar classification of G6III, [3] having exhausted the supply of hydrogen at its core then cooled and expanded away from the main sequence. It is two [4] billion years old with 1.95 [4] times the mass of the Sun and has expanded to 11 [1] times the Sun's radius. The star is radiating 65 [1] times the luminosity of the Sun from its swollen photosphere at an effective temperature of 4,908 K. [1] Being a member of the old disk population, [9] the metallicity of the star's stellar atmosphere is much lower than solar. [5]