Delta Trianguli Australis

δ Trianguli Australis


Location of δ TRa (circled)

Observation data
Epoch J2000.0      Equinox J2000.0
Constellation Coma Berenices
Right ascension 16h 15m 26.26979s[1]
Declination 63° 41 08.4492[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) 3.86[2]
Characteristics
Spectral type G5II[3]
B−V color index +1.10[2]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)4.90[4] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: 2.73[1] mas/yr
Dec.: 12.92[1] mas/yr
Parallax (π)5.37 ± 0.17[1] mas
Distance610 ± 20 ly
(186 ± 6 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)3.9[5]
Details
Luminosity (bolometric)1,209[6] L
Surface gravity (log g)1.54[2] cgs
Temperature4,946[2] K
Metallicity [Fe/H]0.05[2] dex
Other designations
HR 6030, HD 145544, CPD63°3854, FK5 602, HIP 79664, SAO 253474, GC 21819, CCDM 16155-6341
Database references
SIMBADdata

Delta Trianguli Australis (δ TrA, δ Trianguli Australis) is a binary star in the constellation Triangulum Australe. It is approximately 606 light years (182 parsecs) from Earth.

The primary component, Delta Trianguli Australis A, is a yellow G-type giant with an apparent magnitude of +3.86. The companion, Delta Trianguli Australis B, is a 12th magnitude star separated by 30 arcseconds from the primary.[7]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Van Leeuwen, F. (2007). "Validation of the new Hipparcos reduction". Astronomy and Astrophysics 474 (2): 653. Bibcode:2007A&A...474..653V. doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20078357.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Luck, R. Earle (2014). "Parameters and Abundances in Luminous Stars". The Astronomical Journal 147 (6): 137. Bibcode:2014AJ....147..137L. doi:10.1088/0004-6256/147/6/137.
  3. Tetzlaff, N.; Neuhäuser, R.; Hohle, M. M. (2011). "A catalogue of young runaway Hipparcos stars within 3 kpc from the Sun". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 410: 190. Bibcode:2011MNRAS.410..190T. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2010.17434.x.
  4. Gontcharov, G. A. (2006). "Pulkovo Compilation of Radial Velocities for 35 495 Hipparcos stars in a common system". Astronomy Letters 32 (11): 759. Bibcode:2006AstL...32..759G. doi:10.1134/S1063773706110065.
  5. Reimers, D.; Huensch, M.; Schmitt, J. H. M. M.; Toussaint, F. (1996). "Hybrid stars and the reality of "dividing lines" among G to K bright giants and supergiants". Astronomy and Astrophysics 310: 813. Bibcode:1996A&A...310..813R.
  6. 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: 343. Bibcode:2012MNRAS.427..343M. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2012.21873.x.
  7. "CPD-63 3854B". SIMBAD. Retrieved 4 October 2012.


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