HD 73256
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Stern HD 73256 |
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Observation dates equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Constellation | Ship compass | ||||||||||
| Right ascension | 08 h 36 m 23.02 s | ||||||||||
| declination | -30 ° 02 ′ 15.5 ″ | ||||||||||
| Apparent brightness | 8.08 likes | ||||||||||
| Typing | |||||||||||
| Known exoplanets | 1 | ||||||||||
| Spectral class | G8 V / K0 V | ||||||||||
| Astrometry | |||||||||||
| Radial velocity | (+29.8 ± 0.3) km / s | ||||||||||
| parallax | (26.48 ± 0.64) mas | ||||||||||
| distance | (123 ± 3) ly (37.8 ± 0.9) pc |
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| Visual absolute brightness M vis | approx. +5.2 mag | ||||||||||
| Proper movement | |||||||||||
| Rec. Share: | (−180.11 ± 0.35) mas / a | ||||||||||
| Dec. portion: | (+66.81 ± 0.47) mas / a | ||||||||||
| Physical Properties | |||||||||||
| Dimensions | 1.2 M ☉ | ||||||||||
| radius | 0.9 R ☉ | ||||||||||
| Effective temperature | 5321 K | ||||||||||
| Metallicity [Fe / H] | +0.29 | ||||||||||
| Age | approx. 800 mill. a | ||||||||||
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HD 73256 is a yellow dwarf in the constellation Pyxis, 120 light years from Earth . It has an apparent magnitude of 8.1 mag. In 2003, Stéphane Udry discovered an extrasolar planet orbiting this star. This is called HD 73256 b .