8_Vulpeculae

8 Vulpeculae

8 Vulpeculae

Star in the constellation Vulpecula

8 Vulpeculae is star located about 457[1] light years away in the northern constellation of Vulpecula.[6] It lies just 7′ from Alpha Vulpeculae and the two form an optical double.[7] 8 Vulpeculae is visible to the naked eye as a faint, yellow-orange hued star with an apparent visual magnitude of 5.82. It is moving closer to the Earth with a heliocentric radial velocity of −29 km/s.[2]

Quick Facts Observation data Epoch J2000.0 Equinox J2000.0, Constellation ...

This is an aging giant star with a stellar classification of K0 III,[3] which indicates it has exhausted the hydrogen supply at its core and evolved away from the main sequence. It is 324[5] million years old with three[4] times the mass of the Sun and has expanded to 14[1] times the Sun's radius. The star is radiating 100[1] times the Sun's luminosity from its enlarged photosphere at an effective temperature of 4,915 K.[1]

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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.
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    Yoss, Kenneth M. (November 1961), "Spectral and Luminosity Classifications and Measurements of the Strength of Cyanogen Absorption for Late-Type Stars from Objective-Prism Spectra.", Astrophysical Journal, 134: 809, Bibcode:1961ApJ...134..809Y, doi:10.1086/147209
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    Takeda, Yoichi; et al. (August 2008), "Stellar parameters and elemental abundances of late-G giants", Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan, 60 (4): 781–802, arXiv:0805.2434, Bibcode:2008PASJ...60..781T, doi:10.1093/pasj/60.4.781
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    "8 Vul". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2018-11-19.
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    Mason, Brian D.; et al. (2001). "The 2001 US Naval Observatory Double Star CD-ROM. I. The Washington Double Star Catalog". The Astronomical Journal. 122 (6): 3466–3471. Bibcode:2001AJ....122.3466M. doi:10.1086/323920. ISSN 0004-6256.
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