Observation data Epoch J2000.0 Equinox J2000.0 | |
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Constellation | Centaurus |
Right ascension | 13h 57m 38.88181s[1] |
Declination | −63° 41′ 12.1069″[1] |
Apparent magnitude (V) | 4.701[2] |
Characteristics | |
Spectral type | K1.5IIIb:[3] |
B−V color index | +1.101[2] |
Astrometry | |
Radial velocity (Rv) | +21.90±0.17[1] km/s |
Proper motion (μ) | RA: −39.880[1] mas/yr Dec.: −33.867[1] mas/yr |
Parallax (π) | 15.3516 ± 0.1607 mas[1] |
Distance | 212 ± 2 ly (65.1 ± 0.7 pc) |
Absolute magnitude (MV) | 0.67[4] |
Details | |
Radius | 12.76+0.18 −0.21[1] R☉ |
Luminosity | 70.3±0.9[1] L☉ |
Surface gravity (log g) | 2.75[2] cgs |
Temperature | 4,679+40 −32[1] K |
Metallicity [Fe/H] | −0.01[2] dex |
Other designations | |
Database references | |
SIMBAD | data |
HD 121474 is a single[6] star in the southern constellation of Centaurus, near the southern constellation border with Circinus. It is an orange-hued star and is faintly visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of 4.70.[2] This object is located at a distance of approximately 212 light years based on parallax, and it has an absolute magnitude of 0.67.[4] It is drifting further away from the Sun with a radial velocity of +22 km/s.[1]
This is an aging giant star with a stellar classification of K1.5IIIb:,[3] having exhausted the supply of hydrogen at its core then cooled and expanded off the main sequence. At present it has 13[1] times the girth of the Sun, with a near-solar metallicity of −0.01.[2] The star is radiating 70 times the luminosity of the Sun from its enlarged photosphere at an effective temperature of 4,679 K.[1]