62 Serpentis

62 Serpentis
Observation data
Epoch J2000      Equinox J2000
Constellation Aquila
Right ascension 18h 55m 27.44694s[1]
Declination +06° 36 55.0755[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) 5.57[2]
Characteristics
Spectral type G9 III[3]
U−B color index +0.87[2]
B−V color index +1.04[2]
R−I color index 0.55
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)+22.5[4] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: +7.76[1] mas/yr
Dec.: –84.98[1] mas/yr
Parallax (π)11.33 ± 0.93[1] mas
Distance290 ± 20 ly
(88 ± 7 pc)
Details
Surface gravity (log g)2.7[5] cgs
Temperature4,721[5] K
Metallicity [Fe/H]–0.26[5] dex
Rotational velocity (v sin i)0.0[5] km/s
Other designations
BD+06 3978, FK5 3509, HD 175515, HIP 92872, HR 7135, SAO 124050.[3]

62 Serpentis is the Flamsteed designation for a star. Despite its name, the star can be found in the equatorial constellation of Aquila.[6]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 van Leeuwen, F. (November 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.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 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.
  3. 3.0 3.1 "HR 7135 -- Star", SIMBAD Astronomical Database (Centre de Données astronomiques de Strasbourg), retrieved 2012-07-26.
  4. Wilson, Ralph Elmer (1953), General Catalogue of Stellar Radial Velocities, Washington: Carnegie Institution of Washington, Bibcode:1953QB901.W495......
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Massarotti, Alessandro et al. (January 2008), "Rotational and Radial Velocities for a Sample of 761 HIPPARCOS Giants and the Role of Binarity", The Astronomical Journal 135 (1): 209–231, Bibcode:2008AJ....135..209M, doi:10.1088/0004-6256/135/1/209.
  6. Kaler, James B. (1996), The ever-changing sky: a guide to the celestial sphere, Cambridge University Press, p. 119, ISBN 0-521-38053-7.

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