GZ Velorum is a single,[12] orange-hued star in the southern constellation of Vela. It is a faint star but visible to the naked eye, having an apparent visual magnitude of 4.58.[3] The star is located around 1,300 light years from Earth, as determined from its annual parallax shift of 2.4 mas.[2] It is moving further away with a heliocentric radial velocity of +13 km/s.[6]
Observation data Epoch J2000 Equinox J2000 | |
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Constellation | Vela |
Right ascension | 10h 19m 36.75198s[2] |
Declination | −55° 01′ 45.4852″[2] |
Apparent magnitude (V) | 4.578[3] |
Characteristics | |
Spectral type | K2.5 II[4] |
B−V color index | +1.635[3] |
Variable type | LC[5] |
Astrometry | |
Radial velocity (Rv) | +12.9±0.8[6] km/s |
Proper motion (μ) | RA: −13.208[2] mas/yr Dec.: +1.232[2] mas/yr |
Parallax (π) | 2.4256 ± 0.1938 mas[2] |
Distance | 1,300 ± 100 ly (410 ± 30 pc) |
Absolute magnitude (MV) | −4.16[7] |
Details | |
Mass | 8.9±0.5[8] M☉ |
Radius | 136[9] R☉ |
Luminosity | 2,679 - 2,780[9] L☉ |
Surface gravity (log g) | 2.0[10] cgs |
Temperature | 3,986[9] K |
Metallicity [Fe/H] | −0.4[10] dex |
Rotational velocity (v sin i) | 2.0[10] km/s |
Age | 29.6±3.8[8] Myr |
Other designations | |
Database references | |
SIMBAD | data |
This is a bright giant star with a stellar classification of K2.5 II.[4] It is a slow irregular variable of type LC[5] with a frequency of 0.16585 cycles per day.[13] In the R (red) band, the magnitude of the star ranges from 3.43 down to 3.81.[5] The measured angular diameter of this star, after correction for limb darkening, is 3.17±0.04 mas.[14] At the estimated distance of GZ Vel, this yields a physical size of about 140 times the radius of the Sun.[15]
GZ Vel is 30 million years old with 9 times the mass of the Sun.[8] It is radiating 9,241[3] times the Sun's luminosity from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 4,140 K.[3]