Lambda Mensae
| Observation data ICRS )
| |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Mensa |
| Right ascension | 05h 47m 48.13340s[1] |
| Declination | −72° 42′ 08.0993″[1] |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 6.53[2] |
| Characteristics | |
| Spectral type | K0 III[3] |
| Apparent magnitude (B) | 7.614[4] |
| Apparent magnitude (J) | 4.820[5] |
| Apparent magnitude (H) | 4.163[5] |
| Apparent magnitude (K) | 4.119[5] |
| U−B color index | +0.97[2] |
| B−V color index | +1.08[2] |
| Absolute magnitude (MV) | +0.84[7] |
| Details | |
| Radius | 10[8] R☉ |
| Luminosity | 54[9] L☉ |
| Surface gravity (log g) | 2.43[10] cgs |
| Temperature | 4,713[10] K |
| Database references | |
| SIMBAD | data |
Lambda Mensae,
apparent visual magnitude of 6.53,[2] which places it at or near the limit on stars visible to the naked eye. According to the Bortle scale, it requires a dark night from rural skies for this star to be viewed. Though it has the designation Lambda
, it is actually the twenty-fourth-brightest star in the constellation and not the eleventh-brightest.
This is an
References
- ^ S2CID 18759600.
- ^ Bibcode:1966CoLPL...4...99J.
- ^ Bibcode:1978mcts.book.....H.
- .
- ^ S2CID 117788450.
- ^ .
- S2CID 119257644.
- ^ ISBN 3-540-29692-1. The radius (R*) is given by:
- ^ S2CID 118665352.
- ^ S2CID 119221010, 134.
- ^ "lam Men". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2017-08-15.
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