HD 177406

HD 177406
Location of HD 177406 (circled)
Observation data
Epoch J2000.0      Equinox J2000.0 (ICRS)
Constellation Telescopium
Right ascension 19h 06m 55.60698s
Declination −48° 17 56.9195
Apparent magnitude (V) 5.95±0.01
Characteristics
Evolutionary stage main sequence star
Spectral type A0 V
U−B color index −0.02
B−V color index −0.01
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)−6.2±1.6 km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: +13.500 mas/yr
Dec.: −12.738 mas/yr
Parallax (π)8.8414±0.0541 mas
Distance369 ± 2 ly
(113.1 ± 0.7 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)+0.60
Details
Mass2.64+0.43
0.28
 M
Radius2.55±0.13 R
Luminosity62.4+1.5
1.4
 L
Surface gravity (log g)4.00 cgs
Temperature10,275+229
194
 K
Metallicity [Fe/H]0.00 dex
Rotation27.2 d
Rotational velocity (v sin i)50 - 100 km/s
Age286±9 Myr
Other designations
47 G. Telescopii, CD−48°12901, CPD−48°10045, FK5 3523, GC 26272, HD 177406, HIP 93862, HR 7223, SAO 229493
Database references
SIMBADdata

HD 177406, also known as HR 7223 or rarely 47 G. Telescopii, is a solitary star located in the southern constellation Telescopium. It is faintly visible to the naked eye as a white-hued point of light with an apparent magnitude of 5.95. Gaia DR3 parallax measurements imply a distance of 369 light years and it is currently approaching the Solar System with a heliocentric radial velocity of −6.2 km/s. At its current distance, HD 177406's brightness is diminished by 0.23 magnitudes due to interstellar dust and it has an absolute magnitude of +0.60.

HD 177406 has a stellar classification of A0 V, indicating that it is an ordinary A-type main-sequence star that is generating energy via hydrogen fusion at its core. It has 2.64 times the mass of the Sun and a radius 2.55 times that of the Sun. It radiates 62.4 times the luminosity of the Sun from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 10,275 K. It has a solar metallicity at [Fe/H] = +0.00 and it is estimated to be 286 million years old, having completed 58.66% of its main sequence lifetime.