Star in the constellation Virgo
110 Virginis Observation data Epoch J2000.0 Equinox J2000.0 (ICRS) |
Constellation | Virgo |
Right ascension | 15h 02m 54.03756s[1] |
Declination | +02° 05′ 28.6957″[1] |
Apparent magnitude (V) | 4.40[2] |
Characteristics |
Spectral type | K0.5 IIIb Fe–0.5[3] |
B−V color index | 1.04[2] |
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Radial velocity (Rv) | −16.2±0.3[1] km/s |
Proper motion (μ) | RA: −55.569 mas/yr[1] Dec.: +13.628 mas/yr[1] |
Parallax (π) | 16.7474 ± 0.129 mas[1] |
Distance | 195 ± 2 ly (59.7 ± 0.5 pc) |
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Mass | 1.67[2] M☉ |
Radius | 13.78±0.14[4] R☉ |
Luminosity | 80.4±1.8[4] L☉ |
Surface gravity (log g) | 2.7[5] cgs |
Temperature | 4,655±24[4] K |
Metallicity [Fe/H] | −0.3[5] dex |
Age | 4.52[2] Gyr |
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110 Virginis is a star in the zodiac constellation Virgo, located 195[1] light-years away from Earth. It is visible to the naked eye as an orange-hued star with an apparent visual magnitude of 4.40.[2] The star is moving closer to the Earth with a heliocentric radial velocity of −16 km/s.[1]
The stellar classification of 110 Virginis is K0.5 IIIb Fe–0.5,[3] indicating that this is an evolved giant star with a mild underabundance of iron in its spectrum. At the age of 4.5[2] billion years old, it belongs to a sub-category of giants called the red clump, which means it is on the horizontal branch and is generating energy through the helium fusion at its core.[7] Compared to the Sun, it has 167%[2] of the mass but has expanded to 11 times the size.[8] The enlarged photosphere has an effective temperature of 4,664 K[2] and is radiating 76[2] times the Sun's luminosity.
References
- ^ a b c d e f g Vallenari, A.; et al. (Gaia collaboration) (2023). "Gaia Data Release 3. Summary of the content and survey properties". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 674: A1. arXiv:2208.00211. Bibcode:2023A&A...674A...1G. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202243940. S2CID 244398875. Gaia DR3 record for this source at VizieR.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Luck, R. Earle (2015), "Abundances in the Local Region. I. G and K Giants", Astronomical Journal, 150 (3), 88, arXiv:1507.01466, Bibcode:2015AJ....150...88L, doi:10.1088/0004-6256/150/3/88, S2CID 118505114.
- ^ a b Keenan, Philip C.; McNeil, Raymond C. (1989), "The Perkins catalog of revised MK types for the cooler stars", Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, 71: 245, Bibcode:1989ApJS...71..245K, doi:10.1086/191373
- ^ a b c Baines, Ellyn K.; Thomas Armstrong, J.; Clark, James H.; Gorney, Jim; Hutter, Donald J.; Jorgensen, Anders M.; Kyte, Casey; Mozurkewich, David; Nisley, Ishara; Sanborn, Jason; Schmitt, Henrique R.; Van Belle, Gerard T. (2021), "Angular Diameters and Fundamental Parameters of Forty-four Stars from the Navy Precision Optical Interferometer", The Astronomical Journal, 162 (5): 198, arXiv:2211.09030, Bibcode:2021AJ....162..198B, doi:10.3847/1538-3881/ac2431
- ^ a b Hekker, S.; Meléndez, J. (December 2007), "Precise radial velocities of giant stars. III. Spectroscopic stellar parameters", Astronomy & Astrophysics, 475 (3): 1003–1009, arXiv:0709.1145, Bibcode:2007A&A...475.1003H, doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20078233, S2CID 10436552.
- ^ "110 Vir". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2019-02-16.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Massarotti, Alessandro; et al. (January 2008), "Rotational and Radial Velocities for a Sample of 761 Hipparcos Giants and the Role of Binarity", The Astronomical Journal, 135 (1): 209–231, Bibcode:2008AJ....135..209M, doi:10.1088/0004-6256/135/1/209, S2CID 121883397.