Star in the constellation Virgo
69 Virginis is a single[ 10] star in the zodiac constellation of Virgo , located about 259 light years away. It is visible to the naked eye as a faint orange-hued star with an apparent visual magnitude of 4.76,[ 2] although it is a suspected variable that may range in magnitude from 4.75 down to 4.79.[ 11] This object is moving closer to the Earth with a heliocentric radial velocity of −13 km/s.[ 5] The light from this star is polarized due to intervening interstellar dust .[ 12]
This is an evolved K-type giant star with a stellar classification of K0 III-IIIb CN1.5 CH0.5 ,[ 3] showing overabundances of CN and CH molecules in the spectrum . It is a red clump giant, which indicates is on the horizontal branch generating energy via helium fusion at its core.[ 13] The star is about 288 million years old with 3.5[ 6] times the mass of the Sun and 15[ 7] times the Sun's radius . It is radiating 87[ 7] times the Sun's luminosity from its enlarged photosphere at an effective temperature of 4,909 K.[ 6]
References
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^ a b de Bruijne, J. H. J.; Eilers, A.-C. (October 2012), "Radial velocities for the HIPPARCOS-Gaia Hundred-Thousand-Proper-Motion project", Astronomy & Astrophysics , 546 : 14, arXiv :1208.3048 , Bibcode :2012A&A...546A..61D , doi :10.1051/0004-6361/201219219 , S2CID 59451347 , A61.
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^ 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 .
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^ Leroy, J. L. (July 1993), "A Polarimetric Investigation on Interstellar Dust Within 50-PARSECS from the Sun", Astronomy and Astrophysics , 274 (1): 203, Bibcode :1993A&A...274..203L .
^ Alves, David R. (August 2000), "K-Band Calibration of the Red Clump Luminosity", The Astrophysical Journal , 539 (2): 732–741, arXiv :astro-ph/0003329 , Bibcode :2000ApJ...539..732A , doi :10.1086/309278 , S2CID 16673121 .