Xi Sculptoris
Observation data Epoch J2000.0 Equinox J2000.0 (ICRS) | |
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Constellation | Sculptor |
Right ascension | 01h 01m 18.27566s[1] |
Declination | −38° 54′ 59.5046″[1] |
Apparent magnitude (V) | 5.59[2] |
Characteristics | |
Spectral type | K1 III[3] |
B−V color index | +1.18[2] |
Astrometry | |
Radial velocity (Rv) | ±2.9 −31.1[4] km/s |
Proper motion (μ) | RA: +66.99[1] mas/yr Dec.: +49.28[1] mas/yr |
Parallax (π) | 6.35 ± 0.34[1] mas |
Distance | 510 ± 30 ly (157 ± 8 pc) |
Absolute magnitude (MV) | −0.39[5] |
Details | |
Luminosity | 228[6] L☉ |
Temperature | 4,449[6] K |
Other designations | |
Database references | |
SIMBAD | data |
Xi Sculptoris, Latinized from ξ Sculptoris, is a solitary[8] orange-hued star in the southern constellation of Sculptor.
Xi Sculptoris is a K-type giant star with an apparent magnitude of +5.59. It is approximately 510 light years from Earth.
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 van Leeuwen, F. (2007), "Validation of the new Hipparcos reduction", Astronomy and Astrophysics, 474 (2): 653–664, arXiv:0708.1752, Bibcode:2007A&A...474..653V, doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20078357.
- 1 2 Johnson, H. L.; et al. (1966), "Ubvrijkl Photometry of the Bright Stars", Communications of the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, 4: 99, Bibcode:1966CoLPL...4...99J.
- ↑ Houk, Nancy (1979), Michigan catalogue of two-dimensional spectral types for the HD stars, 3, Ann Arbor, Michigan: Dept. of Astronomy, University of Michigan, Bibcode:1982mcts.book.....H.
- ↑ de Bruijne, J. H. J.; Eilers, A.-C. (October 2012), "Radial velocities for the HIPPARCOS-Gaia Hundred-Thousand-Proper-Motion project", Astronomy & Astrophysics, 546: 14, arXiv:1208.3048, Bibcode:2012A&A...546A..61D, doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201219219, A61.
- ↑ 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.
- 1 2 McDonald, I.; et al. (2012), "Fundamental Parameters and Infrared Excesses of Hipparcos Stars", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 427 (1): 343–57, arXiv:1208.2037, Bibcode:2012MNRAS.427..343M, doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2012.21873.x.
- ↑ "ksi Scl -- Star", SIMBAD Astronomical Database, Centre de Données astronomiques de Strasbourg, retrieved 2017-04-13.
- ↑ 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.
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