HD 19789

HD 19789
Observation data
Epoch J2000.0      Equinox J2000.0
Constellation Aries
Right ascension 03h 11m 21.91898s
Declination +13° 02 52.2342
Apparent magnitude (V) 6.11
Characteristics
Evolutionary stage red giant branch
Spectral type K0IIIp
B−V color index 1.038±0.012
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)+8.10±0.32 km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: −15.387 mas/yr
Dec.: +16.445 mas/yr
Parallax (π)8.4809±0.0283 mas
Distance385 ± 1 ly
(117.9 ± 0.4 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)0.53
Details
Mass2.6 M
Radius11 R
Luminosity63 L
Surface gravity (log g)2.67 cgs
Temperature4.933 K
Age558 Myr
Other designations
BD+12°452, FK5 2488, HD 19789, HIP 14821, HR 952, SAO 93327, WDS WDS J03114+1303AB
Database references
SIMBADdata

HD 19789 is a double star in the northern constellation of Aries. The primary component has an orange hue and is barely visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of 6.11. it is located at a distance of approximately 385 light years from the Sun based on parallax, and is drifting further away with a radial velocity of +8 km/s. The star is located near the ecliptic and thus is subject to lunar occultations.

The primary, designated component A, is an aging giant star with a stellar classification of K0IIIp, where the 'p' suffix indicates some type of unspecified peculiarity in the spectrum. It has exhausted the supply of hydrogen at its core, then expanded and cooled off the main sequence: at present it has 11 times the girth of the Sun. The star is radiating 63 times the Sun's luminosity from its swollen photosphere at an effective temperature of 4,933 K. It has one reported companion, component B, at an angular separation of 0.5 along a position angle of 23°, as of 1982.