Star in the constellation of Canis Major
HD 56618 is a single[ 6] star in the southern constellation of Canis Major . It is a red-hued star that is faintly visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of 4.66.[ 2] This object is located at a distance of approximately 390 light years from the Sun based on parallax measurements. It is drifting further away with a radial velocity of +41.5 km/s,[ 2] having come to within 203 light-years some 2.2 million years ago.[ 2] Olin J. Eggen listed it as a probable member of the Hyades supercluster .[ 7]
This is an aging red giant star currently on the asymptotic giant branch [ 3] with a stellar classification of M2III.[ 4] It is no longer undergoing core hydrogen fusion and has expanded to 61[ 1] times the radius of the Sun . The star is radiating 700[ 1] times the luminosity of the Sun from its enlarged photosphere at an effective temperature of 3,797 K.[ 1]
References
^ a b c d e f g h i j k Brown, A. G. A. ; et al. (Gaia collaboration) (August 2018). "Gaia Data Release 2: Summary of the contents and survey properties" . Astronomy & Astrophysics . 616 . A1. arXiv :1804.09365 . Bibcode :2018A&A...616A...1G . doi :10.1051/0004-6361/201833051 . Gaia DR2 record for this source at VizieR .
^ a b c d e f g Anderson, E.; Francis, Ch. (2012), "XHIP: An extended hipparcos compilation", Astronomy Letters , 38 (5): 331, arXiv :1108.4971 , Bibcode :2012AstL...38..331A , doi :10.1134/S1063773712050015 , S2CID 119257644 .
^ a b Eggen, Olin J. (July 1992), "Asymptotic giant branch stars near the sun", Astronomical Journal , 104 (1): 275– 313, Bibcode :1992AJ....104..275E , doi :10.1086/116239 .
^ a b Houk, Nancy (1979), Michigan catalogue of two-dimensional spectral types for the HD stars , vol. 3, Ann Arbor, Michigan: Dept. of Astronomy, University of Michigan, Bibcode :1982mcts.book.....H .
^ "HD 56618" . SIMBAD . Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg . Retrieved 2020-01-17 .
^ Eggleton, P. P.; Tokovinin, A. A. (September 2008), "A catalogue of multiplicity among bright stellar systems", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society , 389 (2): 869– 879, arXiv :0806.2878 , Bibcode :2008MNRAS.389..869E , doi :10.1111/j.1365-2966.2008.13596.x , S2CID 14878976 .
^ Eggen, O. J. (February 1985), "A systematic search for members of the Hyades supercluster. V. The red giants.", Astronomical Journal , 90 : 333– 340, Bibcode :1985AJ.....90..333E , doi :10.1086/113736