HE 1523-0901

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Star
HE 1523-0901
HE 1523-0901 is in this area
AladinLite
Observation
dates equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Constellation Libra
Right ascension 15 h 26 m 1.07 s
declination -09 ° 11 ′ 38.9 ″
Apparent brightness 11.5 likes
Typing
B − V color index (0.87) 
R − I index (0.61) 
Astrometry
Radial velocity (−162.38 ± 0.58) km / s
parallax (0.28 ± 0.04)  mas
distance (11500 ± 2000)  ly
(3.500)  pc
Proper movement 
Rec. Share: (-22.71 ± 0.08)  mas / a
Dec. portion: (−28.43 ± 0.07)  mas / a
Physical Properties
Dimensions 0.8  M
Effective temperature approx. 4600  K
Metallicity [Fe / H] −2.95
Age 13.2 billion  a
Other names
and catalog entries
Tycho catalog TYC 5594-576-1 [1]Template: Infobox star / maintenance / specification of the TYC catalog
2MASS catalog 2MASS J15260106-0911388 [2]
Other names HE 1523-0901

HE 1523-0901 is a star in the constellation Libra (Libra). With an estimated age of 13.2 billion years, it is one of the oldest known stars in the Milky Way . Its metallicity is very low with [Fe / H] ≈ −3, it belongs to population II .

literature

  • Frebel et al. (2007): "Discovery of HE 1523-0901, a Strongly r-Process-enhanced Metal-poor Star with Detected Uranium"; The Astrophysical Journal 660 (2), pp. L117-L120. doi : 10.1086 / 518122

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d e f g TYC 5594-576-1. In: SIMBAD . Center de Données astronomiques de Strasbourg , accessed on October 26, 2019 .
  2. HE 1523-0901. solstation.com, October 22, 2012, accessed October 22, 2012 .