HD 75116, also known as HR 3491, is a solitary, orange hued star in the southern circumpolar constellation Volans, the flying fish. It has an apparent magnitude of 6.31,[2] placing it near the limit for naked eye visibility. Parallax measurements from the Gaia spacecraft place the star relatively far at a distance of 930 light years.[1] It appears to be approaching the Solar System, having a heliocentric radial velocity of −17.5 km/s.[5]

HD 75116
Observation data
Epoch J2000      Equinox J2000
Constellation Volans
Right ascension 08h 43m 54.32871s[1]
Declination −68° 12′ 41.7018″[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) 6.31±0.01[2]
Characteristics
Evolutionary stage red giant branch[1]
Spectral type K3 III:[3]
U−B color index +1.78[4]
B−V color index +1.50[4]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)−17.5±0.4[5] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: +1.359 mas/yr[1]
Dec.: +25.545 mas/yr[1]
Parallax (π)3.5061 ± 0.0178 mas[1]
Distance930 ± 5 ly
(285 ± 1 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)−0.93[6]
Details
Mass2.29±0.11 [7] M
Radius52.2[8] R
Luminosity431±7[9] L
Surface gravity (log g)1.08[10] cgs
Temperature4,124±122[11] K
Rotational velocity (v sin i)<1[12] km/s
Other designations
40 G. Volantis[13], CD−67°666, CPD−67°990, GC 12074, HD 75116, HIP 42850, HR 3491, SAO 250315[14]
Database references
SIMBADdata

This is a red giant with a spectral classification of K3 III:,[3] but there is uncertainty behind the class. Gaia Data Release 3 stellar evolution models place it on the red giant branch. It has 2.29 times the Sun’s mass[7] but has expanded to 52.2 times its girth.[8] HD 75116 radiates 431 times the luminosity of the Sun[9] from its swollen photosphere at an effective temperature of 4,124 K.[11] It rotates slowly like many giant stars, having a projected rotational velocity <1 km/s.[12]

References

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  2. ^ a b 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.
  3. ^ a b 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°. Bibcode:1975mcts.book.....H.
  4. ^ a b Johnson, H. L.; Mitchell, R. I.; Iriarte, B.; Wisniewski, W. Z. (1966). "UBVRIJKL Photometry of the Bright Stars". Communications of the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory. 4: 99–110. Bibcode:1966CoLPL...4...99J.
  5. ^ a b Gontcharov, G. A. (November 2006). "Pulkovo Compilation of Radial Velocities for 35 495 Hipparcos stars in a common system". Astronomy Letters. 32 (11): 759–771. arXiv:1606.08053. Bibcode:2006AstL...32..759G. doi:10.1134/S1063773706110065. eISSN 1562-6873. ISSN 1063-7737. S2CID 119231169.
  6. ^ 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. eISSN 1562-6873. ISSN 1063-7737. S2CID 119257644.
  7. ^ a b Kervella, Pierre; Arenou, Frédéric; Mignard, François; Thévenin, Frédéric (March 2019). "Stellar and substellar companions of nearby stars from Gaia DR2. Binarity from proper motion anomaly". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 623: A72. arXiv:1811.08902. Bibcode:2019A&A...623A..72K. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201834371. ISSN 0004-6361. S2CID 119491061.
  8. ^ a b Kervella, Pierre; Arenou, Frédéric; Thévenin, Frédéric (2022). "Stellar and substellar companions from Gaia EDR3". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 657: A7. arXiv:2109.10912. Bibcode:2022A&A...657A...7K. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202142146. eISSN 1432-0746. ISSN 0004-6361.
  9. ^ 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.
  10. ^ McDonald, I.; Zijlstra, A. A.; Watson, R. A. (15 June 2017). "Fundamental parameters and infrared excesses of Tycho–Gaia stars". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 471 (1): 770–791. arXiv:1706.02208. Bibcode:2017MNRAS.471..770M. doi:10.1093/mnras/stx1433. eISSN 1365-2966. ISSN 0035-8711.
  11. ^ 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. eISSN 1538-3881.
  12. ^ a b De Medeiros, J. R.; Alves, S.; Udry, S.; Andersen, J.; Nordström, B.; Mayor, M. (January 2014). "A catalog of rotational and radial velocities for evolved stars". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 561: A126. arXiv:1312.3474. Bibcode:2014A&A...561A.126D. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201220762. eISSN 1432-0746. ISSN 0004-6361.
  13. ^ Gould, Benjamin Apthorp (1878). "Uranometria Argentina : brillantez y posicion de las estrellas fijas, hasta la septima magnitud, comprendidas dentro de cien grados del polo austral : con atlas". Resultados del Observatorio Nacional Argentino. 1. Bibcode:1879RNAO....1.....G.
  14. ^ "HD 75116". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved September 7, 2022.