HD 166066 is a solitary star located in the southern circumpolar constellation Octans. It has an apparent magnitude of 8.10,[2] making it readily visible in binoculars, but not to the naked eye. The object is located 223 light years away from the Solar System,[1] but is drifting away with a poorly constrained radial velocity of about 2.93 km/s.[4]
| Observation data Epoch J2000.0 Equinox J2000.0 (ICRS) | |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Octans |
| Right ascension | 18h 38m 51.0741s[1] |
| Declination | −85° 42′ 32.2260″[1] |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 8.10±0.01[2] |
| Characteristics | |
| Spectral type | G0 V[3] |
| B−V color index | +0.59[2] |
| Astrometry | |
| Radial velocity (Rv) | 2.93±2.55[4] km/s |
| Proper motion (μ) | RA: +147.318 mas/yr[1] Dec.: −43.097 mas/yr[1] |
| Parallax (π) | 14.5962 ± 0.1186 mas[1] |
| Distance | 223 ± 2 ly (68.5 ± 0.6 pc) |
| Absolute magnitude (MV) | 4.09[5] |
| Details | |
| Mass | 1.13[6] M☉ |
| Radius | 1.39+0.07 −0.05[7] R☉ |
| Luminosity | 2.12[5] L☉ |
| Surface gravity (log g) | 4.25[6] cgs |
| Temperature | 6,054±80[6] K |
| Metallicity [Fe/H] | −0.03[6] dex |
| Rotational velocity (v sin i) | 5[8] km/s |
| Age | 7.0+2.5 −1.2[9] Gyr |
| Other designations | |
| Database references | |
| SIMBAD | data |
HD 166066 has a stellar classification of G0 V, indicating that it is a G-type main sequence star similar to the Sun.[3] However, the calcium H & K lines are narrow and weak for its class.[3] It has 113% the mass of the Sun[6] and 139% its radius, along with twice its luminosity.[5][7]
The iron abundance is 93% that of the Sun, and is slightly hotter, with an effective temperature of 6,054 K[6] compared to the Sun's 5,778 K. HD 166066 is significantly older, with an age of 7 billion years,[9] and rotates modestly with a projected rotational velocity of 5 km/s.[8]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e Brown, A. G. A.; et al. (Gaia collaboration) (2021). "Gaia Early Data Release 3: Summary of the contents and survey properties". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 649: A1. arXiv:2012.01533. Bibcode:2021A&A...649A...1G. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202039657. S2CID 227254300. (Erratum: doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202039657e). Gaia EDR3 record for this source at VizieR.
- ^ a b c Høg, E.; Fabricius, C.; Makarov, V. V.; Urban, S.; Corbin, T.; Wycoff, G.; Bastian, U.; Schwekendiek, P.; Wicenec, A. (March 2000). "The Tycho-2 catalogue of the 2.5 million brightest stars". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 355: L27–L30. Bibcode:2000A&A...355L..27H. ISSN 0004-6361.
- ^ a b c Houk, N.; Cowley, A. P. (1975). University of Michigan Catalogue of two-dimensional spectral types for the HD stars. Volume I. Declinations -90_ to -53_ƒ0. Bibcode:1975mcts.book.....H.
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ a b c Anderson, E.; Francis, Ch. (May 2012). "XHIP: An extended hipparcos compilation". Astronomy Letters. 38 (5): 331–346. arXiv:1108.4971. Bibcode:2012AstL...38..331A. doi:10.1134/S1063773712050015. ISSN 1063-7737. S2CID 255204555.
- ^ a b c d e f Casagrande, L.; Schönrich, R.; Asplund, M.; Cassisi, S.; Ramírez, I.; Meléndez, J.; Bensby, T.; Feltzing, S. (June 2011). "New constraints on the chemical evolution of the solar neighbourhood and Galactic disc(s): Improved astrophysical parameters for the Geneva-Copenhagen Survey⋆". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 530: A138. arXiv:1103.4651. Bibcode:2011A&A...530A.138C. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201016276. ISSN 0004-6361.
- ^ a b Stassun, Keivan G.; et al. (9 September 2019). "The Revised TESS Input Catalog and Candidate Target List". The Astronomical Journal. 158 (4): 138. arXiv:1905.10694. Bibcode:2019AJ....158..138S. doi:10.3847/1538-3881/ab3467. ISSN 0004-6256.
- ^ a b Nordström, B.; Mayor, M.; Andersen, J.; Holmberg, J.; Pont, F.; Jørgensen, B. R.; Olsen, E. H.; Udry, S.; Mowlavi, N. (May 2004). "The Geneva-Copenhagen survey of the Solar neighbourhood: Ages, metallicities, and kinematic properties of ~14 000 F and G dwarfs". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 418 (3): 989–1019. arXiv:astro-ph/0405198. Bibcode:2004A&A...418..989N. doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20035959. ISSN 0004-6361.
- ^ a b Holmberg, J.; Nordström, B.; Andersen, J. (July 2009). "The Geneva-Copenhagen survey of the solar neighbourhood: III. Improved distances, ages, and kinematics". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 501 (3): 941–947. arXiv:0811.3982. Bibcode:2009A&A...501..941H. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/200811191. ISSN 0004-6361.
- ^ "HD 166066". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved June 25, 2022.