| Observation data Epoch J2000.0 Equinox J2000.0 | |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Centaurus |
| Right ascension | 12h 24m 12.93679s[1] |
| Declination | −38° 54′ 49.7344″[1] |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 6.87±0.01[2] |
| Characteristics | |
| Evolutionary stage | main sequence[1] |
| Spectral type | A7/8 III[3] |
| B−V color index | +0.28[2] |
| Astrometry | |
| Proper motion (μ) | RA: +0.085 mas/yr[1] Dec.: +0.966 mas/yr[1] |
| Parallax (π) | 12.5254 ± 0.0221 mas[1] |
| Distance | 260.4 ± 0.5 ly (79.8 ± 0.1 pc) |
| Absolute magnitude (MV) | +2.41[4] |
| Details[1] | |
| Mass | 1.6 M☉ |
| Radius | 1.9 R☉ |
| Luminosity | 8.9 L☉ |
| Surface gravity (log g) | 4.01 cgs |
| Temperature | 7,261 K |
| Metallicity [Fe/H] | −0.62 dex |
| Age | 1.2 Gyr |
| Other designations | |
| Database references | |
| SIMBAD | data |
HD 107914 is the primary component of a binary star system in the constellation Centaurus, with an estimated distance of 255.5 light-years (78.3 pc)[6] from the Solar System. It has a stellar classification of A7-8 III, making it a giant star.
Measurement of the proper motion of this system show that it has a low transverse velocity relative to the Sun. For this reason, it has been compared to the hypothetical "Nemesis" star since it may pass through the Oort cloud in the future.[6] The star is too far away to be a companion to the Sun. However, preliminary measurements of the H-alpha line in the star's spectrum show a radial velocity in the range from –13 to +3 km/s. (This result was obtained by M. Muterspaugh and M. Williamson at a robotic spectroscopic telescope in Arizona.[7]) Such values for the radial velocity are too small to produce a likely collision course with the Solar System. For example, if Vr = –10 km/s, then the distance from the Sun to HD 107914 at closest approach will be about 5.2 ly (1.6 pc).
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Vallenari, A.; et al. (Gaia collaboration) (2023). "Gaia Data Release 3. Summary of the content and survey properties". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 674: A1. arXiv:2208.00211. Bibcode:2023A&A...674A...1G. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202243940. S2CID 244398875. Gaia DR3 record for this source at VizieR.
- 1 2 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.
- ↑ Houk, N. (1982). Michigan Catalogue of Two-dimensional Spectral Types for the HD stars III: Declinations −40° to −26°. Bibcode:1982mcts.book.....H.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "CCDM J12242-3855AB". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2010-04-13.
- 1 2 Potemine, Igor Yu. (2010-04-13). "Giant Nemesis candidate HD 107914 / HIP 60503 for the perforation of Oort cloud". arXiv:1003.5308 [astro-ph.SR].
- ↑ Eaton, J. A.; Williamson M. H. (2007). "The Tennessee State University Automatic Spectroscopic Telescope: Data Processing and Velocity Variation of Cool Giants". Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. 119 (858): 886–897. Bibcode:2007PASP..119..886E. doi:10.1086/521231. S2CID 6497781.
