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HD 11025

G-type star in the constellation Octans From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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HD 11025 (HR 525) is a suspected astrometric binary[10] in the southern circumpolar constellation Octans. It has an apparent magnitude of 5.67,[2] making it visible to the naked eye if viewed under ideal conditions. Located 378 light years away,[1] it is receding with a heliocentric radial velocity of 18 km/s.[5]

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The visible component is a yellow giant of spectral class G8 III.[3] At present it has 2.61 times the mass of the Sun[7] but at an age of 500 million years,[9] has expanded to 9.52 times the radius of the Sun.[7] It shines at 56 L from its enlarged photosphere at an effective temperature of 5,128 K,[7] giving it a yellow glow. HD 11025 has a solar metallicity[7] and spins with a moderate projected rotational velocity of 7.5 km/s.[8]

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