| Observation data Epoch J2000.0 Equinox J2000.0 | |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Eridanus[1] |
| Right ascension | 04h 31m 52.66863s[2] |
| Declination | −00° 02′ 38.4398″[2] |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 4.91[1] |
| Characteristics | |
| Evolutionary stage | giant |
| Spectral type | K0/1 III[3] |
| U−B color index | +1.41[4] |
| B−V color index | +1.32±0.04[1] |
| Astrometry | |
| Radial velocity (Rv) | +15.32±0.15[2] km/s |
| Proper motion (μ) | RA: −1.469[2] mas/yr Dec.: −7.681[2] mas/yr |
| Parallax (π) | 3.7428±0.0998 mas[2] |
| Distance | 870 ± 20 ly (267 ± 7 pc) |
| Absolute magnitude (MV) | −1.59[1] |
| Details | |
| Mass | 5.4[2] M☉ |
| Radius | 71[2] R☉ |
| Luminosity | 1,587[2] L☉ |
| Surface gravity (log g) | 1.41[5] cgs |
| Temperature | 4,338[5] K |
| Metallicity [Fe/H] | −0.17[6] dex |
| Rotational velocity (v sin i) | <1.4[7] km/s |
| Age | 164[5] Myr |
| Other designations | |
| 45 Eri, BD−00°713, GC 5528, HD 28749, HIP 21139, HR 1437, SAO 131270[8] | |
| Database references | |
| SIMBAD | data |
45 Eridani is a single[9] star located around 870 light years away from the Sun in the equatorial constellation of Eridanus. It is visible to the naked eye as a faint, orange-hued star with an apparent visual magnitude of 4.91.[1] This body is moving away from the Earth with a heliocentric radial velocity of +15 km/s.[2]
The stellar classification for this star is K0/1 III,[3] which indicates this is an aging K-type giant star that has exhausted the hydrogen supply at its core and expanded. It has reached 71 times the Sun's radius and is radiating 1,586 times the luminosity of the Sun[2] from its swollen photosphere at an effective temperature of 4,338 K.[5]
References
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- ^ McWilliam, Andrew (December 1990). "High-resolution spectroscopic survey of 671 GK giants. I - Stellar atmosphere parameters and abundances". Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series. 74: 1075–1128. Bibcode:1990ApJS...74.1075M. doi:10.1086/191527.
- ^ De Medeiros, J. R.; Alves, S.; Udry, S.; Andersen, J.; Nordström, B.; Mayor, M. (2014). "A catalog of rotational and radial velocities for evolved stars. V. Southern stars". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 561: A126. arXiv:1312.3474. Bibcode:2014A&A...561A.126D. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201220762.
- ^ "45 Eri". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2019-05-28.
- ^ Eggleton, P. P.; Tokovinin, A. A. (September 2008). "A catalogue of multiplicity among bright stellar systems". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 389 (2): 869–879. arXiv:0806.2878. Bibcode:2008MNRAS.389..869E. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2008.13596.x. S2CID 14878976.
