HD 179949

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Stern
HD 179949
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Observation
dates equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Constellation Sagittarius
Right ascension 19 h 15 m 33.23 s
declination -24 ° 10 ′ 45.7 ″
Apparent brightness 6.25 mag
Typing
Known exoplanets 1
B − V color index +0.54 
U − B color index +0.09 
Spectral class F8 V
Astrometry
Radial velocity (−24.8 ± 0.2) km / s
parallax (36.30 ± 0.70)  mas
distance (89.9 ± 1.7)  ly
(27.55 ± 0.53)  pc  
Visual absolute brightness M vis +4.05 mag
Proper movement 
Rec. Share: (117.97 ± 0.91)  mas / a
Dec. portion: (−101.67 ± 0.47)  mas / a
Physical Properties
Dimensions 1.28  M
radius 1.19  R
Luminosity

L

Effective temperature 6260  K
Metallicity [Fe / H] 0.22
Age 2.05 x 10 9  a
Other names
and catalog entries
Bright Star Catalog HR 7291 [1]
Henry Draper Catalog HD 179949 [2]
Hipparcos catalog HIP 94645 [3]
SAO catalog SAO 187883 [4]
Tycho catalog TYC 6875-3273-1 [5]Template: Infobox star / maintenance / specification of the TYC catalog
annotation
  1. ↑ Calculated from apparent brightness and distance.

HD 179949 is a yellow dwarf 88.07 light-years from Earth with a right ascension of 19h 15m 33s and a declination of −24 ° 10 '45 ". It has an apparent magnitude of 6.25 mag. In 2000, CG discovered Tinney an extrasolar planet orbiting this star, named HD 179949 b .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c Hipparcos catalog (ESA 1997)
  2. a b Bright Star Catalog
  3. Pulkovo radial velocities for 35493 HIP stars
  4. a b c Hipparcos, the New Reduction (van Leeuwen, 2007)