Observation data Epoch J2000.0 Equinox J2000.0 | |
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Constellation | Volans |
Right ascension | 8h 50m 34.82s[1] |
Declination | –66° 47′ 34.74″[1] |
Apparent magnitude (V) | 5.33±0.01[2] |
Characteristics | |
Spectral type | F5 IV[3] |
U−B color index | +0.07[4] |
B−V color index | +0.42[4] |
Astrometry | |
Radial velocity (Rv) | 40.54±0.72[1] km/s |
Proper motion (μ) | RA: +92.718[1] mas/yr Dec.: +98.946[1] mas/yr |
Parallax (π) | 18.8133 ± 0.1088 mas[1] |
Distance | 173 ± 1 ly (53.2 ± 0.3 pc) |
Absolute magnitude (MV) | +1.76[5] |
Details | |
Mass | 1.4+2.9 −1.9[6] M☉ |
Radius | 3.21+0.17 −0.1[1] R☉ |
Luminosity | 17±0.1[1] L☉ |
Surface gravity (log g) | 3.66±0.14[7] cgs |
Temperature | 6544+107 −164[1] K |
Metallicity | 115% |
Metallicity [Fe/H] | +0.06±0.15[5] dex |
Rotational velocity (v sin i) | 140[8] km/s |
Age | 2.03[7] Gyr |
Other designations | |
Database references | |
SIMBAD | data |
HD 76143 (HR 3537) is a high proper motion star located in the southern circumpolar constellation Volans. With an apparent magnitude of 5.33,[2] its faintly visible to the naked eye. The star is located 173 light years[1] away from the Solar System, but is drifting with a radial velocity of 40.5 km/s.[1]
HD 76143 has a classification of "F5 IV",[3] which states its a F-type star that is beginning to evolve off the main sequence. It has 40% more mass than the Sun,[6] but has 3.21[1] times the radius of the latter. It radiates at 17 solar luminosities[1] at an effective temperature of 6,544 K,[1] which gives it a yellowish-white hue. HD 76143 rotates at a high projected rotational velocity of 140 km/s,[8] which gives it an equatorial bulge 10% [8] larger than its poles. The star has a faint 12 magnitude companion separated 36.7 arcseconds apart.[9]