Star in the constellation Centaurus
This article is about r Centauri. For the variable star, see
R Centauri .
HD 115310 , also known by its Bayer designation r Centauri , is a star in the southern constellation Centaurus . It is an orange-hued star that is visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude that ranges around +5.12.[ 2] Based upon parallax measurements , it is located approximately 257 light years away. It is drifting further from the Sun with a radial velocity of +12.9 km/s.[ 4]
This object is an aging K-type giant star with a stellar classification of K1III.[ 3] It is classified as a red clump giant, suggesting it is on the horizontal branch undergoing core helium fusion .[ 5] The star has 2.7 times the mass of the Sun and has expanded to 11 times the Sun's radius . It is radiating 67 times the luminosity of the Sun from its swollen photosphere at an effective temperature of 5,060 K.[ 2]
References
^ a b c d e 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 .
^ a b c d e Bluhm, P.; et al. (October 2016), "New spectroscopic binary companions of giant stars and updated metallicity distribution for binary systems", Astronomy & Astrophysics , 593 : 17, arXiv :1608.08260 , Bibcode :2016A&A...593A.133B , doi :10.1051/0004-6361/201628459 , S2CID 56087624 , A133.
^ a b Houk, Nancy (1979), Michigan catalogue of two-dimensional spectral types for the HD stars , vol. 3, Ann Arbor, Michigan: Dept. of Astronomy, University of Michigan, Bibcode :1982mcts.book.....H .
^ a b Wilson, Ralph Elmer (1953), "General catalogue of stellar radial velocities", Washington , Carnegie Institution of Washington: 0, Bibcode :1953GCRV..C......0W .
^ a b Alves, David R. (August 2000), "K-Band Calibration of the Red Clump Luminosity", The Astrophysical Journal , 539 (2): 732–741, arXiv :astro-ph/0003329 , Bibcode :2000ApJ...539..732A , doi :10.1086/309278 , S2CID 16673121 .
^ "HD 115310" . SIMBAD . Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg . Retrieved 2019-10-06 .