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Red clump giant star in the constellation Vulpecula From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
24 Vulpeculae is a single,[7] yellow-hued star in the northern constellation of Vulpecula. It is faintly visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of 5.30.[2] The distance to this star can be estimated from its annual parallax shift of 7.9700±0.0674,[1] which yields a separation of roughly 409 light years. It is moving further away with a heliocentric radial velocity of +15 km/s.[4]
Observation data Epoch J2000 Equinox J2000 | |
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Constellation | Vulpecula |
Right ascension | 20h 16m 47.0863s[1] |
Declination | +24° 40′ 15.965″[1] |
Apparent magnitude (V) | 5.30[2] |
Characteristics | |
Spectral type | G8III[2] |
B−V color index | 0.951[3] |
Astrometry | |
Radial velocity (Rv) | +15.3±0.3[4] km/s |
Proper motion (μ) | RA: 15.128±0.055[1] mas/yr Dec.: −17.015±0.057[1] mas/yr |
Parallax (π) | 7.9700 ± 0.0674 mas[1] |
Distance | 409 ± 3 ly (125 ± 1 pc) |
Absolute magnitude (MV) | −0.68[2] |
Details[2] | |
Mass | 3.41 M☉ |
Radius | 16[5] R☉ |
Luminosity | 191 L☉ |
Surface gravity (log g) | 2.48 cgs |
Temperature | 4,981 K |
Metallicity [Fe/H] | −0.06 dex |
Rotational velocity (v sin i) | 5.02[3] km/s |
Age | 251 Myr |
Other designations | |
Database references | |
SIMBAD | data |
This is an evolved giant star with a stellar classification of G8III,[2] having exhausted the hydrogen at its core and moved off the main sequence. It is a red clump giant, indicating it is presently on the horizontal branch and is generating energy through helium fusion in its core region.[8] The interferometry-measured angular diameter of 24 Vul is 1.08±0.02 mas,[9] which, at its estimated distance, equates to a physical radius of about 16 times the radius of the Sun.[5]
24 Vulpeculae is about 251[2] million years old and is spinning with a projected rotational velocity of 5.02 km/s.[3] It has 3.41 times the mass of the Sun and is radiating 191 times the Sun's luminosity from its enlarged photosphere at an effective temperature of 4,981 K.[2] This is the probable (99.4% chance) source of X-ray emission coming from these coordinates.[10]
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