HD 156279

HD 156279 is a type K0 star, located 36.5 pc away from Earth (119.1 light years). It has various alternate names, including HIP 84171 and BD+63 1335. HD 156279 has two exoplanets in orbit, HD 156279 b and HD 156279 c.

HD 156279
Observation data
Epoch       Equinox
Constellation Draco
Right ascension  17h 12m 23.2036s[1]
Declination +63° 21 07.532[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) 8.08
Characteristics
Evolutionary stage K0
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)-20.6432 km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA:  mas/yr
Dec.: 160.2 mas/yr
Parallax (π)27.60 ± 0.03 mas
Distance118.2 ± 0.1 ly
(36.23 ± 0.04 pc)
Details
Mass0.93[1] M
Radius0.95[2] R
Temperature5453[2] luminosity = 0.81[3] K
Age4000[1] Myr
Other designations
BD+63° 1335, HIP 84171, SAO 17390, TYC 4202-656-1[2]
Database references
SIMBADdata

Characteristics

HD 156279 has a stellar mass of 0.93 and a stellar radius of 0.95. It has a metallicity of 0.14 and an effective temperature of 5453 Kelvin. HD 156279 is 4 billion years old and based on the spectral type, K0, it is an orange to red colour.[4][2] HD 156279 has an apparent magnitude of 8.08 and an absolute magnitude of 5.27.[5][6]

Planets

Orbiting HD 156279 are two planets, HD 156279 b and HD 156279 c. HD 156279 b has a mass of 9.7MJ, an estimated radius of 1.11RJ, and orbits from a distance of 0.49 AU. Meanwhile, HD 156279 c has a mass of 8.6MJ, a radius of 0.9RJ and orbits from a distance of 4.97AU.

References

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