HD 4308 is a single[2] star with an orbiting exoplanet in the southern constellation of Tucana.[9] It has a yellow hue and is a challenge to view with the naked eye even under good seeing conditions, having an apparent visual magnitude of 6.54.[2] This object is located at a distance of 72 light years, as determined from parallax measurements. It is a population II star[2] and is considered to be a member of the thick disk.[10] The star is receding from the Sun with a radial velocity of +95 km/s.[6]
Observation data Epoch J2000 Equinox J2000 | |
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Constellation | Tucana |
Right ascension | 00h 44m 39.2675s[1] |
Declination | –65° 38′ 58.2825″[1] |
Apparent magnitude (V) | 6.544±0.005[2] |
Characteristics | |
Evolutionary stage | main sequence |
Spectral type | G6VFe-0.9[3] |
Apparent magnitude (B) | 7.193[4] |
Apparent magnitude (V) | 6.552[4] |
Apparent magnitude (J) | 5.366±0.024[5] |
Apparent magnitude (H) | 5.101±0.016[5] |
Apparent magnitude (K) | 4.945±0.020[5] |
Astrometry | |
Radial velocity (Rv) | +95.251±0.0162[6] km/s |
Proper motion (μ) | RA: 157.504±0.041[1] mas/yr Dec.: −741.599±0.040[1] mas/yr |
Parallax (π) | 45.3930 ± 0.0220 mas[1] |
Distance | 71.85 ± 0.03 ly (22.03 ± 0.01 pc) |
Details[7] | |
Mass | 0.95±0.05 M☉ |
Radius | 1.04±0.03 R☉ |
Luminosity | 1.03±0.01 L☉ |
Surface gravity (log g) | 4.38±0.02 cgs |
Temperature | 5,714±61 K |
Metallicity [Fe/H] | −0.35±0.07[2] dex |
Rotational velocity (v sin i) | 1.0±1.0[2] km/s |
Age | 1.6±4.0[7] or 10.0+0.5 −1.0[8] Gyr |
Other designations | |
Database references | |
SIMBAD | data |
ARICNS | data |
This is a Sun-like G-type main-sequence star with a stellar classification of G6VFe-0.9,[3] where the suffix notation indicates an underabundance of iron in the spectrum. The age of the star is poorly constrained, with estimated ranging from 1.6[7] billion years up to 10 billion.[8] It has 95% of the mass of the Sun but 104% of the Sun's radius. The star is radiating nearly the same luminosity as the Sun from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 5,714 K.[7]
In 2005, a low-mass planet was found in orbit around this star using the radial velocity method with the HARPS spectrograph. It is following a circular orbit close to its host star with a period of just 15.6 days. Unusual for a star with planets, HD 4308 has a metallicity lower than that of the Sun.[11]
Companion (in order from star) |
Mass | Semimajor axis (AU) |
Orbital period (days) |
Eccentricity | Inclination | Radius |
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b | >0.0442 MJ | 0.115 | 15.56±0.02 | 0.00±0.01 | — | — |