HR 5256

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HR 5256
Observation data
Epoch J2000      Equinox J2000
Constellation Ursa Major
Right ascension 13h 57m 32.0592s[1]
Declination +61° 29′ 34.2994″[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) 6.52[2][3]
Characteristics
Spectral type K3 V[4]
U−B color index 0.98[5]
B−V color index 1.01[5]
Distance
32.869 ± 0.008 ly
(10.078 ± 0.002 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)6.51[3]
Details
Gyr
LTT 14084[8]
Database references
SIMBADdata

HR 5256 is a

apparent visual magnitude of 6.52[2] The distance to this star is very nearly 10 parsecs, so the absolute magnitude of 6.51[3] is nearly the same as the star's apparent magnitude. HR 5256 is drifting nearer to the Sun with a radial velocity of −26.4 km/s,[1] and will make its closest approach to the Sun in about 333,000±16,000 years, when it will be at a distance of 12.72 ± 0.65 light-years.[9]

This object is an ordinary

luminosity of the Sun from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 4,811 K.[3]

References

  1. ^
    doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201833051. Gaia DR2 record for this source at VizieR
    .
  2. ^
    Bibcode:1991A&AS...89..415O
    .
  3. ^
    S2CID 119511744
    . 21.
  4. ^
    doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20030647
    .
  5. ^ a b "ARICNS 4C04262". ARICNS. Astronomisches Rechen-Institut Heidelberg. March 4, 1998. Archived from the original on 2011-06-07. Retrieved 2010-12-07.
  6. ^
    S2CID 18775378
    . Data obtained from a VizieR query.
  7. S2CID 16602121
    .
  8. ^ "HD 122064". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2019-10-14.
  9. S2CID 56269929
    .
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