Lukida

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Star
Lukida (α monocerotis)
AladinLite
Observation
dates equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Constellation unicorn
Right ascension 07 h 41 m 14.83 s
declination -09 ° 33 ′ 4.1 ″
Apparent brightness 3.94 likes
Typing
B − V color index +1.02 
U − B color index +0.88 
R − I index +0.52 
Spectral class K0 III
Astrometry
Radial velocity (10.6 ± 0.6) km / s
parallax (22.07 ± 0.18)  mas
distance (147.8 ± 1.2)  ly
(45.31 ± 0.37)  pc  
Visual absolute brightness M vis +0.66 mag
Proper movement 
Rec. Share: (−74.61 ± 0.14)  mas / a
Dec. portion: (−19.59 ± 0.10)  mas / a
Physical Properties
Other names
and catalog entries
Bayer name α monocerotis
Flamsteed name 26 monocerotis
Bonn survey BD −9 ° 2172
Bright Star Catalog HR 2970 [1]
Henry Draper Catalog HD 61935 [2]
Hipparcos catalog HIP 37447 [3]
SAO catalog SAO 134986 [4]
Tycho catalog TYC 5414-2746-1 [5]
Other names FK5 293
annotation
  1. ↑ Calculated from apparent brightness and distance.

Lukida is the proper name of the star α Monocerotis ( Alpha Monocerotis ). Lukida belongs to the spectral class G9 and has an apparent magnitude of 4.1 mag. Lukida is about 144 light years from Earth ( Hipparcos database).

Individual evidence

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