HD 176527

HD 176527
Observation data
Epoch J2000.0      Equinox J2000.0
Constellation Lyra
Right ascension 18h 59m 45.48423s
Declination +26° 13 49.4593
Apparent magnitude (V) 5.26
Characteristics
Evolutionary stage red giant branch
Spectral type K2III
B−V color index 1.228±0.003
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)−22.56±0.13 km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: −85.738 mas/yr
Dec.: −11.304 mas/yr
Parallax (π)9.3474±0.0542 mas
Distance349 ± 2 ly
(107.0 ± 0.6 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)0.28
Details
Mass3.3 M
Radius24 R
Luminosity170 L
Surface gravity (log g)2.09 cgs
Temperature4.297 K
Metallicity [Fe/H]−0.28 dex
Age292 Myr
Other designations
BD+26°3418, GC 26101, HD 176527, HIP 93256, HR 7181, SAO 86673
Database references
SIMBADdata

HD 176527 is a single star in the northern constellation of Lyra, positioned near the southern constellation border with Vulpecula. It has an orange hue and is dimly visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of 5.26. This object is located at a distance of approximately 349 light years from the Sun based on parallax, and it has an absolute magnitude of 0.28. It is drifting closer with a radial velocity of −22.6 km/s.

This is an aging giant star with a stellar classification of K2III, which indicates it has exhausted the supply of hydrogen at its core, then evolved away from the main sequence by cooling and expanding. At present it has 24 times the radius of the Sun. The star is radiating 170 times the luminosity of the Sun from its swollen photosphere at an effective temperature of 4,297 K.