94 Piscium is a single[9] star in the zodiac constellation Pisces,[8] located 305 light years away from the Sun.[1] It is visible to the naked eye as a faint, orange-hued star with an apparent visual magnitude of 5.495.[2] The object is moving closer to the Earth with a heliocentric radial velocity of −43 km/s.[5] It is a possible member of the Wolf 630 moving group.[10]

94 Piscium
Observation data
Epoch J2000      Equinox J2000
Constellation Pisces
Right ascension 01h 26m 41.67906s[1]
Declination +19° 14′ 25.5356″[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) 5.495[2]
Characteristics
Evolutionary stage horizontal branch
Spectral type K1 III[3]
B−V color index 1.106±0.005[4]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)−42.53±0.09[5] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: 51.382[1] mas/yr
Dec.: -58.041[1] mas/yr
Parallax (π)10.6874 ± 0.1404 mas[1]
Distance305 ± 4 ly
(94 ± 1 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)0.84[4]
Details
Mass1.34[6] M
Radius12.8+0.1
−0.4
[1] R
Luminosity68.759±1.058[1] L
Surface gravity (log g)2.45±0.10[7] cgs
Temperature4,665±42[7] K
Metallicity [Fe/H]−0.03±0.04[7] dex
Age4.1[6] Gyr
Other designations
BD+18° 189, FK5 1039, HD 8763, HIP 6732, HR 414, SAO 92444[8]
Database references
SIMBADdata

This is an evolved K-type giant star with a stellar classification of K1 III.[3] It is a red clump giant, which indicates it is on the horizontal branch and is generating energy through helium fusion at its core.[11] The star is 4.1 billion years old with 1.34[6] times the mass of the Sun and 13 times the Sun's radius. It is radiating 69[1] times the Sun's luminosity from its enlarged photosphere at an effective temperature of 4,665 K.[7]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i Brown, A. G. A.; et al. (Gaia collaboration) (August 2018). "Gaia Data Release 2: Summary of the contents and survey properties". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 616. A1. arXiv:1804.09365. Bibcode:2018A&A...616A...1G. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201833051. Gaia DR2 record for this source at VizieR.
  2. ^ a b Høg, E.; et al. (2000). "The Tycho-2 catalogue of the 2.5 million brightest stars". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 355: L27–L30. Bibcode:2000A&A...355L..27H.
  3. ^ a b McWilliam, Andrew (1990). "High-resolution spectroscopic survey of 671 GK giants. I - Stellar atmosphere parameters and abundances". The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series. 74: 1075. Bibcode:1990ApJS...74.1075M. doi:10.1086/191527.
  4. ^ a b Anderson, E.; Francis, Ch. (2012), "XHIP: An extended hipparcos compilation", Astronomy Letters, 38 (5): 331, arXiv:1108.4971, Bibcode:2012AstL...38..331A, doi:10.1134/S1063773712050015, S2CID 119257644.
  5. ^ a b Famaey, B.; Jorissen, A.; Luri, X; Mayor, M.; Udry, S.; Dejonghe, H.; Turon, C. (2005). "Local kinematics of K and M giants from CORAVEL/Hipparcos/Tycho-2 data. Revisiting the concept of superclusters". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 430: 165. arXiv:astro-ph/0409579. Bibcode:2005A&A...430..165F. doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20041272. S2CID 17804304.
  6. ^ a b c Martig, Marie; Fouesneau, Morgan; Rix, Hans-Walter; Ness, Melissa; Mészáros, Szabolcs; García-Hernández, D. A.; Pinsonneault, Marc; Serenelli, Aldo; Aguirre, Victor Silva; Zamora, Olga (2016). "Red giant masses and ages derived from carbon and nitrogen abundances". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 456 (4): 3655. arXiv:1511.08203. Bibcode:2016MNRAS.456.3655M. doi:10.1093/mnras/stv2830. S2CID 54647886.
  7. ^ a b c d Bubar, Eric J.; King, Jeremy R. (2010). "Spectroscopic Abundances and Membership in the Wolf 630 Moving Group". The Astronomical Journal. 140 (2): 293. arXiv:1005.1205. Bibcode:2010AJ....140..293B. doi:10.1088/0004-6256/140/2/293. S2CID 118455341.
  8. ^ a b "94 Psc". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2019-03-25.
  9. ^ Eggleton, P. P.; Tokovinin, A. A. (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.
  10. ^ Bubar, Eric J.; King, Jeremy R. (August 2010), "Spectroscopic Abundances and Membership in the Wolf 630 Moving Group", The Astronomical Journal, 140 (2): 293–318, arXiv:1005.1205, Bibcode:2010AJ....140..293B, doi:10.1088/0004-6256/140/2/293, S2CID 118455341.
  11. ^ Tautvaišienė, G.; et al. (December 2010), "C, N and O abundances in red clump stars of the Milky Way", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 409 (3): 1213–1219, arXiv:1007.4064, Bibcode:2010MNRAS.409.1213T, doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2010.17381.x, S2CID 119182458