Kappa Normae

Kappa Normae
Observation data
Epoch J2000.0      Equinox J2000.0 (ICRS)
Constellation Norma
Right ascension 16h 13m 28.72926s [1]
Declination −54° 37 49.6865 [1]
Apparent magnitude (V) 4.94[1]
Characteristics
Spectral type G8III[1]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)−13.50 ± 0.8[1] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: 5.14[1] mas/yr
Dec.: −22.86[1] mas/yr
Parallax (π)7.62 ± 0.26[2] mas
Distance430 ± 10 ly
(131 ± 4 pc)
Details
Other designations
Kappa Normae, HD 145397, HIP 79509, HR 6024

Kappa Normae (κ Nor) is a star in the constellation Norma. Its apparent magnitude is 4.94.[1] Iit is a yellow giant of spectral type G8III that has swollen and cooled off the main sequence.[1] It shines with a luminosity approximately 195 times that of the Sun and has a surface temperature of 4972 K.[3]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 SIMBAD, Kappa Normae (accessed 22 December 2012)
  2. van Leeuwen, F. (2007). "Validation of the New Hipparcos Reduction". Astronomy and Astrophysics 474 (2): 653–64. arXiv:0708.1752. Bibcode:2007A&A...474..653V. doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20078357.
  3. McDonald, I.; Zijlstra, A. A.; Boyer, M. L. (2012). "Fundamental Parameters and Infrared Excesses of Hipparcos Stars". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 427 (1): 343–57. Bibcode:2012MNRAS.427..343M.