HD 180450

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HD 180450
Observation data
Epoch J2000.0      Equinox J2000.0
Constellation
Lyra
Right ascension 19h 15m 24.85937s[1]
Declination +30° 31′ 34.9760″[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) 5.88[2]
Characteristics
Spectral type M1IIIab[2]
U−B color index +2.03
B−V color index +1.665±0.007[2]
Distance
approx. 1,400 ly
(approx. 400 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)−2.03[2]
Details
Radius68+12
−13
[1] R
Luminosity1,002±34[1] L
Temperature3,947+433
−305
[1] K
HR 7302, SAO 68040, GSC 02653-01682[3]
Database references
SIMBADdata

HD 180450 is a single

light years from the Sun based on parallax measurements, but is drifting closer with a radial velocity of −64.4 km/s.[1]

This is an aging red giant star with a stellar classification of M1IIIab,[2] It is currently on the asymptotic giant branch,[6] having exhausted the supply of hydrogen in its core and evolved of the main sequence. It has expanded to ~68 times the radius of the Sun and is radiating a thousand times the Sun' luminosity from its enlarged photosphere at en effective temperature of 3,947 K.[1]

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