51 Aurigae
Observation data
Epoch J2000      Equinox J2000
Constellation Auriga
Right ascension 06h 38m 39.53667s[1]
Declination +39° 23′ 27.0659″[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) 5.696[2]
Characteristics
Spectral type K5III[2]
U−B color index +1.56[3]
B−V color index +1.34[3]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)31.98±0.15[4] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: −22.753[1] mas/yr
Dec.: −108.896[1] mas/yr
Parallax (π)7.0332 ± 0.1300 mas[1]
Distance464 ± 9 ly
(142 ± 3 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)0.76[5]
Details
Mass1.58±0.53[6] M☉
Radius24.5±0.7[1] R☉
Luminosity178.0±3.9[1] L☉
Surface gravity (log g)1.84±0.11[6] cgs
Temperature4,277±92[6] K
Metallicity [Fe/H]0.01±0.05[6] dex
Age2.2[7] Gyr
Other designations
51 Aur, BD+39°1690, FK5 250, HD 47070, HIP 31771, HR 2419, SAO 59316
Database references
SIMBADdata

51 Aurigae is a single[8] star in the northern constellation of Auriga. It is visible to the naked eye as a dim, orange-hued star with an apparent visual magnitude of about 5.70.[2] Based on parallax, it is located some 464 light-years (142 parsecs) away from the Sun.[1] It is receding from the Earth with a heliocentric radial velocity of 32 km/s.[4]

At 2.2 billion years old,[7] 51 Aurigae has evolved off from the main sequence and is now a K-type giant star.[2] It is 1.58 times as massive as the Sun,[6] 24.5 times as wide, and 178 times as luminous.[1] It emits radiation from its photosphere with an effective temperature of about 4,277 K.[6]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i Brown, A. G. A.; et al. (Gaia collaboration) (August 2018). "Gaia Data Release 2: Summary of the contents and survey properties". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 616. A1. arXiv:1804.09365. Bibcode:2018A&A...616A...1G. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201833051. Gaia DR2 record for this source at VizieR.
  2. ^ a b c d Kharchenko, N. V.; et al. (2007). "Astrophysical supplements to the ASCC-2.5: Ia. Radial velocities of ~55000 stars and mean radial velocities of 516 Galactic open clusters and associations". Astronomische Nachrichten. 328 (9): 889. arXiv:0705.0878. Bibcode:2007AN....328..889K. doi:10.1002/asna.200710776. S2CID 119323941.
  3. ^ a b Mermilliod, J.-C. (1986). "Compilation of Eggen's UBV data, transformed to UBV (unpublished)". Catalogue of Eggen's UBV Data. Bibcode:1986EgUBV........0M.
  4. ^ a b Massarotti, Alessandro; Latham, David W.; Stefanik, Robert P.; Fogel, Jeffrey (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. S2CID 121883397.
  5. ^ Allende Prieto, C.; Lambert, D. L. (1999). "Fundamental parameters of nearby stars from the comparison with evolutionary calculations: masses, radii and effective temperatures". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 352: 555–562. arXiv:astro-ph/9911002. Bibcode:1999A&A...352..555A.
  6. ^ a b c d e f Feuillet, Diane K.; Bovy, Jo; Holtzman, Jon; Girardi, Léo; MacDonald, Nick; Majewski, Steven R.; Nidever, David L. (2016). "Determining Ages of APOGEE Giants with Known Distances". The Astrophysical Journal. 817 (1): 40. arXiv:1511.04088. Bibcode:2016ApJ...817...40F. doi:10.3847/0004-637X/817/1/40. S2CID 118675933.
  7. ^ a b Martig, Marie; Fouesneau, Morgan; Rix, Hans-Walter; Ness, Melissa; Mészáros, Szabolcs; García-Hernández, D. A.; Pinsonneault, Marc; Serenelli, Aldo; Aguirre, Victor Silva; Zamora, Olga (2016). "Red giant masses and ages derived from carbon and nitrogen abundances". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 456 (4): 3655. arXiv:1511.08203. Bibcode:2016MNRAS.456.3655M. doi:10.1093/mnras/stv2830.
  8. ^ Eggleton, P. P.; Tokovinin, A. A. (September 2008), "A catalogue of multiplicity among bright stellar systems", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 389 (2): 869–879, arXiv:0806.2878, Bibcode:2008MNRAS.389..869E, doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2008.13596.x, S2CID 14878976.
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