HD 88809

HD 88809
Observation data
Epoch J2000      Equinox J2000
Constellation Antlia
Right ascension 10h 13m 45.9269s
Declination −40° 20 45.683
Apparent magnitude (V) 5.893±0.009
Characteristics
Spectral type K1 III
U−B color index +1.25
B−V color index +1.21
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)19.96±0.76 km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: −79.460 mas/yr
Dec.: +2.511 mas/yr
Parallax (π)7.2269±0.0909 mas
Distance451 ± 6 ly
(138 ± 2 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)+0.09
Position (relative to HD 88809A)
ComponentHD 88809B
Epoch of observationJ2000.0
Angular distance4.9
Position angle105°
Projected separation676.2 AU
Details
Mass1.29+1.20
−0.4
 M
Radius17.7 R
Luminosity117±8 L
Temperature4,410±110 K
Metallicity [Fe/H]−0.2 dex
Rotational velocity (v sin i)<1.3 km/s
Age4.9 Gyr
Other designations
55 G. Antliae, CD−39°6222, HD 88809, HIP 50103, HR 4015, SAO 22187
Database references
SIMBADdata

HD 88809 is a star located in the southern constellation Antlia. With an apparent magnitude of 5.89 it is barely visible to the naked eye under ideal conditions. The star is located at a distance of around 451 light years but is drifting away at a heliocentric radial velocity of almost 20 km/s.

HD 88809 has a classification of K1 III which indicates that it is an evolved early K-type giant star that has exhausted hydrogen at its core and left the main sequence. It has an angular diameter of 1.15 mas, which yields a diameter of 17.07 times that of the Sun at its estimated distance. At present HD 88809 has 129% the mass of the Sun and shines with a luminosity approximately 117 times that of the Sun and has a surface temperature of 4,410 K, which gives it an orange glow of a K-type star. HD 88809 has a faint 13th magnitude companion located approximately 4.9 away.