HD 79917

This article is about l Velorum and is not to be confused with i Velorum.

HD 79917 is a single^[7] star in the southern constellation of Vela. It has the Bayer designation l (lowercase L) Velorum, while HD 79917 is the star's identifier from the Henry Draper Catalogue. The star has an orange hue and is faintly visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of +4.92.^[1] It is located at a distance of approximately 228 light-years from the Sun based on parallax, and is drifting further away with a radial velocity of +1.6 km/s.^[2]

HD 79917

Observation data Epoch J2000.0      Equinox J2000.0
Constellation	Vela[1]
Right ascension	09h 15m 36.7081s[2]
Declination	−38° 34′ 11.7903″[2]
Apparent magnitude (V)	+4.92[1]
Characteristics
Spectral type	K1III[3]
B−V color index	1.084±0.052[1]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)	+1.62±0.14[2] km/s
Proper motion (μ)	RA: −71.004±0.148[2] mas/yr Dec.: −10.527±0.186[2] mas/yr
Parallax (π)	14.3202±0.1227 mas[2]
Distance	228 ± 2 ly (69.8 ± 0.6 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)	+0.73[1]
Details
Mass	1.8[4] M☉
Radius	12.63+0.23 −0.36[2] R☉
Luminosity	66.8±0.7[2] L☉
Surface gravity (log g)	2.63[5] cgs
Temperature	4,643+69 −43[2] K
Metallicity [Fe/H]	+0.12[5] dex
Rotational velocity (v sin i)	4.28[5] km/s
Other designations
l Vel, CD−38°5408, FK5 2737, HD 79917, HIP 45439, HR 3682, SAO 200159[6]
Database references
SIMBAD	data

This is an aging giant star with a stellar classification of K1III,^[3] having exhausted is core hydrogen then cooled and expanded off the main sequence. It has 12.6 times the girth of the Sun and is radiating 67 times the Sun's luminosity from its enlarged photosphere at an effective temperature of 4,643 K.^[2]