Gliese 54

Gliese 54
Observation data
Epoch J2000      Equinox J2000
Constellation Tucana
Right ascension 01h 10m 22.8809s[1]
Declination −67° 26′ 41.9487″[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) 9.80
Characteristics
Spectral type M2.5 (composite)
Astrometry
Proper motion (μ) RA: 386.2±0.2[2] mas/yr
Dec.: 579.7±0.1[2] mas/yr
Parallax (π)126.9 ± 0.4 mas[2]
Distance25.70 ± 0.08 ly
(7.88 ± 0.02 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)+10.23
Orbit[3]
PrimaryGliese 54 A
CompanionGliese 54 B
Period (P)1.14434+0.00022
−0.00022 yr
Semi-major axis (a)0.12619±0.00039"
(1.00 AU)
Eccentricity (e)0.1718±0.0024
Inclination (i)125.32+0.35
−0.35°
Details[4]
Gliese 54 A
Mass0.43 M☉
Radius0.51 R☉
Temperature4250 K
Metallicity0.17[3]
Rotational velocity (v sin i)-15.0 km/s
Gliese 54 B
Mass0.3 M☉
Other designations
CD−68°47, Gaia DR2 4704272495284592512, HIP 5496, LHS 1208, 2MASS J01102281-6726425
Database references
SIMBADdata
ARICNSdata

Gliese 54 (GJ 54 / HIP 5496 / LHS 1208)[5] is a star near the Solar System located at 25.7 light years away.[2] It is located in the constellation of Tucana, close to the edge, almost in the neighboring Hydrus. It is below the threshold of brightness to be observable to the naked eye with an apparent magnitude of +9.80.[5]

Gliese 54 is a red dwarf of spectral type M2 with an effective temperature of 4250 K.[6] In the SIMBAD database it appears listed as a variable star, getting the provisional variable designation NSV 427.[5] It has a companion with which it forms a binary system whose orbital period is 427 ± 9 days. The companion, a red dwarf whose brightness is ~1 magnitude lower than Gliese 54, has been resolved with the instrument NICMOS installed in the Hubble Space Telescope.[7]

The closest stars to Gliese 54 are Zeta Tucanae, a solar analog 3.1 light-years from it, and Beta Hydri, 5.1 light-years from it.[8]

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference Gaia DR2 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ a b c d Cite error: The named reference Benedict2016 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ a b Mann, Andrew W.; Dupuy, Trent; Kraus, Adam L.; Gaidos, Eric; Ansdell, Megan; Ireland, Michael; Rizzuto, Aaron C.; Hung, Chao-Ling; Dittmann, Jason; Factor, Samuel; Feiden, Gregory; Martinez, Raquel A.; Ruíz-Rodríguez, Dary; Chia Thao, Pa (2019), "How to constrain your M dwarf. II. The Mass-Luminosity-Metallicity relation from 0.075 to 0.70 solar masses", The Astrophysical Journal, 871 (1): 63, arXiv:1811.06938, Bibcode:2019ApJ...871...63M, doi:10.3847/1538-4357/aaf3bc, S2CID 119372932
  4. ^ Henry, Todd J.; Jao, Wei-Chun; Winters, Jennifer G.; Dieterich, Sergio B.; Finch, Charlie T.; Ianna, Philip A.; Riedel, Adric R.; Silverstein, Michele L.; Subasavage, John P.; Vrijmoet, Eliot Halley (2018), "The Solar Neighborhood XLIV: RECONS Discoveries within 10 Parsecs", The Astronomical Journal, 155 (6): 265, arXiv:1804.07377, Bibcode:2018AJ....155..265H, doi:10.3847/1538-3881/aac262, S2CID 53983430
  5. ^ a b c "CD-68 47". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 6 May 2017.
  6. ^ Morales, J. C.; Ribas, I.; Jordi, C. (2008). "The effect of activity on stellar temperatures and radii". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 478 (2): 507. arXiv:0711.3523. Bibcode:2008A&A...478..507M. doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20078324. S2CID 16238033. pp. 507-512 (Table consulted on CDS).
  7. ^ Golimowski, David A.; Henry, Todd J.; Krist, John E.; Dieterich, Sergio; Ford, Holland C.; Illingworth, Garth D.; Ardila, David R.; Clampin, Mark; Franz, Otto G.; Wasserman, Lawrence H.; Benedict, G. Fritz; McArthur, Barbara E.; Nelan, Edmund G. (2004). "The Solar Neighborhood. IX. Hubble Space Telescope Detections of Companions to Five M and L Dwarfs Within 10 parsecs of the Sun". The Astronomical Journal. 128 (4): 1733–1747. arXiv:astro-ph/0406664. Bibcode:2004AJ....128.1733G. doi:10.1086/423911. S2CID 12310839.
  8. ^ Stars Within 15 light-years of Cape Photographic Durchmusterung -68 ° 41 (The Internet Stellar Database)