Mu Sculptoris

μ Sculptoris
Location of μ Sculptoris (circled)
Observation data
Epoch J2000      Equinox J2000
Constellation Sculptor
Right ascension 23h 40m 38.14912s[1]
Declination −32° 04′ 23.2482″[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) 5.30[2]
Characteristics
Spectral type K1III[3]
U−B color index +0.69[4]
B−V color index +0.97[5]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)+14.90[6] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: -91.30[1] mas/yr
Dec.: -53.29[1] mas/yr
Parallax (π)11.18 ± 0.30[1] mas
Distance292 ± 8 ly
(89 ± 2 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)0.54[2]
Details
Mass1.32[7] M☉
Radius11[7] R☉
Luminosity70.98[2] L☉
Surface gravity (log g)2.50[7] cgs
Temperature4,750[8] K
Metallicity [Fe/H]-0.21[2] dex
Rotational velocity (v sin i)2.6[9] km/s
Other designations
CD-32°17621, FK5 1618, GC 32888, GSC 07515-01148, HIP 116820, HR 8975, HD 222433, NSV 14661, SAO 214701
Database references
SIMBADdata

Mu Sculptoris (μ Scl, μ Sculptoris) is a star in the constellation Sculptor.

Mu Sculptoris is an orange K-type giant[3] with an apparent magnitude of +5.30.[2] It is approximately 291 light years from Earth.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Van Leeuwen, F. (2007). "Validation of the new Hipparcos reduction". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 474 (2): 653. arXiv:0708.1752. Bibcode:2007A&A...474..653V. doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20078357. Vizier catalog entry
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 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. Vizier catalog entry
  3. 1 2 Hoffleit, D.; Warren, W. H. (1995). "VizieR Online Data Catalog: Bright Star Catalogue, 5th Revised Ed. (Hoffleit+, 1991)". VizieR On-line Data Catalog: V/50. Originally published in: 1964BS....C......0H. 5050. Bibcode:1995yCat.5050....0H.
  4. ↑ Mermilliod, J. C. (2006). "VizieR Online Data Catalog: Homogeneous Means in the UBV System (Mermilliod 1991)". VizieR On-line Data Catalog: II/168. Originally published in: Institut d'Astronomie. 2168. Bibcode:2006yCat.2168....0M. Vizier catalog entry
  5. ↑ Mallama, A. (2014). "Sloan Magnitudes for the Brightest Stars". The Journal of the American Association of Variable Star Observers. 42: 443. Bibcode:2014JAVSO..42..443M. Vizier catalog entry
  6. ↑ Gontcharov, G. A. (2006). "Pulkovo Compilation of Radial Velocities for 35 495 Hipparcos stars in a common system". Astronomy Letters. 32 (11): 759. arXiv:1606.08053. Bibcode:2006AstL...32..759G. doi:10.1134/S1063773706110065.
  7. 1 2 3 Allende Prieto, C.; Lambert, D. L. (1999). "Fundamental parameters of nearby stars from the comparison with evolutionary calculations: Masses, radii and effective temperatures". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 352: 555. arXiv:astro-ph/9911002. Bibcode:1999A&A...352..555A. Vizier catalog entry
  8. ↑ Gontcharov, G. A. (2009). "Red giant clump in the Tycho-2 catalogue". Astronomy Letters. 34 (11): 785. arXiv:1607.00619. Bibcode:2008AstL...34..785G. doi:10.1134/S1063773708110078. Vizier catalog entry
  9. ↑ De Medeiros, J. R.; Alves, S.; Udry, S.; Andersen, J.; Nordström, B.; Mayor, M. (2014). "A catalog of rotational and radial velocities for evolved stars". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 561: A126. arXiv:1312.3474. Bibcode:2014A&A...561A.126D. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201220762. Vizier catalog entry
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