HD 108063
Star in the constellation Centaurus / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
HD 108063 is a star that lies approximately 176 light-years away in the constellation of Centaurus. The star is not particularly noteworthy with exception to its enormously high heavy element content.
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Quick Facts Observation data Epoch J2000.0 Equinox J2000.0, Constellation ...
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Constellation | Centaurus |
Right ascension | 12h 25m 08.52s ± 2.37[1] |
Declination | −42° 30′ 51.53″ ± 2.11[1] |
Apparent magnitude (V) | 6.2357 ± 0.006[1] |
Characteristics | |
Spectral type | F9.5IV[2][3][note 1] |
B−V color index | 0.652 ± 0.002[1][note 2][4] |
Astrometry | |
Radial velocity (Rv) | 34.48 ± 0.16[5] km/s |
Proper motion (μ) | RA: -135.25 ± 0.27[1] mas/yr Dec.: -22.55 ± 0.24[1] mas/yr |
Parallax (π) | 18.53 ± 0.37 mas[1] |
Distance | 176 ± 4 ly (54 ± 1 pc) |
Absolute magnitude (MV) | 2.58 ± 0.05[6] |
Details | |
Mass | 1.580 ± 0.034[7] M☉ |
Luminosity | 8.47 ± 0.34 (log 0.9279 ± 0.0173)[7] L☉ |
Surface gravity (log g) | 4.11 ± 0.12[7] cgs |
Temperature | 6081 ± 49[7] K |
Metallicity [Fe/H] | 0.55 ± 0.06[7] dex |
Rotational velocity (v sin i) | 5.4 ± 1.0[5] km/s |
Other designations | |
Database references | |
SIMBAD | data |
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