HD 50002

HD 50002

Observation data Epoch J2000      Equinox J2000
Constellation	Volans
Right ascension	06^h 44^m 55.6456^s[1]
Declination	−70° 26′ 01.5272″[1]
Apparent magnitude (V)	6.09±0.01[2]
Characteristics
Spectral type	K3 III[3]
U−B color index	+1.50[4]
B−V color index	+1.33[4]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)	5.1±0.4[5] km/s
Proper motion (μ)	RA: −16.313 mas/yr[1] Dec.: +6.287 mas/yr[1]
Parallax (π)	4.6072±0.032 mas[1]
Distance	708 ± 5 ly (217 ± 2 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)	−0.35[6]
Details
Mass	1.23[7] M☉
Radius	27.86[8] R☉
Luminosity	257±5[9] L☉
Surface gravity (log g)	1.59[7] cgs
Temperature	4,444±122[10] K
Metallicity [Fe/H]	+0.22[11] dex
Rotational velocity (v sin i)	<1[12] km/s
Other designations
4 G. Volantis, CPD−70°560, GC 8895, HD 50002, HIP 32332, HR 2536, SAO 256331[13][14]
Database references
SIMBAD	data

HD 50002 (HR 2536) is a solitary star in the southern circumpolar constellation Volans. It is faintly visible to the naked eye with an apparent magnitude of 6.09^[2] and is located at a distance of 708 light years.^[1] However, it is drifting further with a heliocentric radial velocity of 5.1 km/s.^[5]

HD 50002 has a classification of K3 III,^[3] indicating that it is a red giant. HD 50002 has a comparable mass to the Sun,^[7] but has expanded to an enlarged radius of 27.9 R_☉.^[8] It radiates at 257 times the luminosity of the Sun^[9] from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 4,444 K,^[10] giving an orange hue. HD 50002 is metal enriched, with 166% the abundance of heavy metals compared to the Sun,^[11] and has a projected rotational velocity too low to be measured accurately.^[12]

Refrerences

1. Brown, A. G. A.; et al. (Gaia collaboration) (2021). "Gaia Early Data Release 3: Summary of the contents and survey properties". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 649: A1. arXiv:2012.01533. Bibcode:2021A&A...649A...1G. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202039657. S2CID 227254300. (Erratum: doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202039657e). Gaia EDR3 record for this source at VizieR.
2. 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.
3. Houk, N.; Cowley, A. P. (1975). University of Michigan Catalogue of two-dimensional spectral types for the HD stars. Volume I. Declinations -90_ to -53_ƒ0. Bibcode:1975mcts.book.....H.
4. Cousins, A. W. J.; Stoy, R. H. (1962). "Photoelectric magnitudes and colours of Southern stars". Royal Greenwich Observatory Bulletins. 64: 103. Bibcode:1962RGOB...64..103C.
5. 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.
6. 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.
7. Anders, F.; et al. (August 2019). "Photo-astrometric distances, extinctions, and astrophysical parameters for Gaia DR2 stars brighter than G = 18". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 628: A94. arXiv:1904.11302. Bibcode:2019A&A...628A..94A. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201935765. ISSN 0004-6361.
8. Kervella, Pierre; Arenou, Frédéric; Thévenin, Frédéric (2022). "Stellar and substellar companions from Gaia EDR3". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 657: A7. arXiv:2109.10912. Bibcode:2022A&A...657A...7K. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202142146. eISSN 1432-0746. ISSN 0004-6361.
9. 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.
10. Stassun, Keivan G.; et al. (9 September 2019). "The Revised TESS Input Catalog and Candidate Target List". The Astronomical Journal. 158 (4): 138. arXiv:1905.10694. Bibcode:2019AJ....158..138S. doi:10.3847/1538-3881/ab3467. ISSN 0004-6256.
11. Eggen, O. J. (February 1994). "Evolved GK stars near the Sun. 2: The young disk population". The Astronomical Journal. 107: 594. Bibcode:1994AJ....107..594E. doi:10.1086/116879. ISSN 0004-6256.
12. 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.
13. "HD 80194". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
14. 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.