HD_123569

HD 123569

HD 123569

Star in the constellation Centaurus

HD 123569 is a single[6] star in the southern constellation of Centaurus, positioned near the eastern constellation border with Lupus. This object has a yellowish hue and is visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of 4.74.[2] It is located at a distance of approximately 176 light years from the Sun based on parallax, and it has an absolute magnitude of +1.00.[1] The star is drifting closer with a radial velocity of −17 km/s.[1] O. J. Eggen flagged this star as a member of the Hyades Supercluster.[7]

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

This is an aging giant star with a stellar classification of G9-III,[3] having exhausted the supply of hydrogen at its core then evolved off the main sequence by cooling and expanding. At present it has around 8.25[1] times the girth of the Sun, with a slightly higher than solar metallicity – what astronomers term the abundance of elements with a higher atomic number than helium.[4] The star is radiating 40 times the luminosity of the Sun from its enlarged photosphere at an effective temperature of 5089 K.[1]

References

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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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    Anderson, E.; Francis, Ch. (2012), "XHIP: An extended hipparcos compilation", Astronomy Letters, 38 (5): 331, arXiv:1108.4971, Bibcode:2012AstL...38..331A, doi:10.1134/S1063773712050015, S2CID 119257644.
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    Keenan, Philip C.; McNeil, Raymond C. (1989), "The Perkins catalog of revised MK types for the cooler stars", Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, 71: 245, Bibcode:1989ApJS...71..245K, doi:10.1086/191373.
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    Alves, S.; et al. (April 2015), "Determination of the spectroscopic stellar parameters for 257 field giant stars", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 448 (3): 2749–2765, arXiv:1503.02556, Bibcode:2015MNRAS.448.2749A, doi:10.1093/mnras/stv189, S2CID 119217930.
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    "HD 123569". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2020-02-01.
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    Eggleton, P. P.; Tokovinin, A. A. (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, S2CID 14878976
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    Eggen, O. J. (February 1983), "NGC 2423 and the red giants of the Hyades supercluster", Astronomical Journal, 88: 190-196, Bibcode:1983AJ.....88..190E, doi:10.1086/113305.
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