HD 63332

HD 63332 is an F-type main-sequence star in the constellation Lynx. The star has an apparent brightness of 6.02,^[2] meaning that it is faintly visible to the naked eye under dark skies.^[10] Parallax measurements derive a distance of 29.6 parsecs (97 light-years) to HD 63332.^[4] Considering the apparent magnitude and distance from Earth, the star's absolute magnitude is 3.66.^[6] No debris disks or exoplanets were detected around it.^[11][12]

HD 63332

Observation data Epoch J2000      Equinox J2000
Constellation	Lynx[1]
Right ascension	07h 51m 05.71s[2]
Declination	+54° 07′ 45.3″[2]
Apparent magnitude (V)	6.02±0.009[2]
Characteristics
Evolutionary stage	F-type main-sequence star
Spectral type	F6V[3]
Apparent magnitude (B)	6.493[2]
Apparent magnitude (G)	5.913[2]
Apparent magnitude (J)	5.116[2]
Apparent magnitude (H)	4.914[2]
Apparent magnitude (K)	4.861[2]
B−V color index	0.496±0.004[4]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)	1.331±0.157[5] km/s
Proper motion (μ)	RA: -39.538 mas/yr[5] Dec.: 53.894 mas/yr[5]
Parallax (π)	33.78±0.39 mas[4]
Distance	97 ± 1 ly (29.6 ± 0.3 pc)[4]
Absolute magnitude (MV)	3.66[6]
Details
Mass	1.3[7] M☉
Radius	1.375[4] R☉
Luminosity	2.671[4] L☉
Surface gravity (log g)	4.27[8] cgs
Temperature	6,298[4] K
Metallicity [Fe/H]	-0.12[6]–+0.09[8] dex
Rotational velocity (v sin i)	9[9] km/s
Age	2.1[8] or 3.1[6] Gyr
Other designations
BD+54 1177, Gaia DR2 984918228123275776, Gaia DR3 984918228123275776, HD 63332, HIP 38325, HR 3028, SAO 26535, PPM 31335, TIC 53336409, TYC 3783-1422-1, GSC 03783-01422, IRAS 07471+5415, 2MASS J07510571+5407452
Database references
SIMBAD	data

Characteristics

The star has a spectral classification of F6V,^[3] meaning that is a F-type main-sequence star that is currently fusing hydrogen into helium in its core. It has 1.3 times the mass^[7] and 1.375 times the radius of the Sun.^[4] HD 63332 is 2.67 times more luminous than the Sun, emitting this energy from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 6,298 K, which is around 9% hotter than the Sun.^[4] Its age is estimated at 2.1^[8] or 3.1 billion years,^[6] equivalent to 46% and 68% of the Solar System's age respectively,^[a] and it rotates under its own axis at a velocity of 9 km/s.^[9] The B-V color index of the star is 0.496, giving it the yellowish-white color of a late F-type star.^[4][13]

HD 63332 is located in the northern hemisphere, 97 light-years from Earth,^[4] within the constellation Lynx.^[1] It has an apparent magnitude of 6.02, which makes it faintly visible to the naked eye, under dark skies.^[10] The absolute magnitude, i.e. its brightness if it was seen at 10 pc (32.6 ly), is 3.66.^[6] The star makes part of the thin disk population of the Milky Way,^[11] being located at a maximum distance of 60 parsecs (200 ly) from the galactic plane.^[6] Its orbit around the galaxy has a low eccentricity of 0.06.^[6]

No debris disks have been detected around it as of 2016,^[12] and no exoplanets were detected around it as of 2012.^[11] It has a 27% possibility of hosting an exoplanet made up of volatiles, lithophiles, siderophiles and iron.^[14] The habitable zone is located at a distance of 1.63 astronomical units from the star.^[7]

Notes

1. The Solar System's age is 4.568 billion years.