Observation data Epoch J2000 Equinox J2000 | |
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Constellation | Ursa Minor |
Right ascension | 14h 27m 31.54335s [1] |
Declination | +75° 41′ 45.5717″ [1] |
Apparent magnitude (V) | 4.253 [2] |
Characteristics | |
Spectral type | K4-III [3] |
B−V color index | 1.457 [2] |
Astrometry | |
Radial velocity (Rv) | +9.34 [2] km/s |
Proper motion (μ) |
RA: +8.79
[1]
mas/
yr Dec.: +21.76 [1] mas/ yr |
Parallax (π) | 9.09 ± 0.13 mas [1] |
Distance | 359 ± 5
ly (110 ± 2 pc) |
Absolute magnitude (MV) | −0.96 [4] |
Details | |
Mass | 1.86 [2] M☉ |
Radius | 16 [5] R☉ |
Luminosity | 447 [2] L☉ |
Surface gravity (log g) | 1.91 [6] cgs |
Temperature | 4,095±39 [2] K |
Metallicity [Fe/H] | −0.16 [6] dex |
Rotational velocity (v sin i) | 1.9 [7] km/s |
Age | 2.00 [2] Gyr |
Other designations | |
Database references | |
SIMBAD | data |
5 Ursae Minoris is a star in the circumpolar constellation of Ursa Minor. It is a faint star but visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of 4.253. [2] The distance to this star, as determined from an annual parallax shift of 9.09±0.13 mas, [1] is about 110 pc. It is moving further away with a heliocentric radial velocity of +9 km/s. [2]
With an age of around two billion years, this is an evolved red giant with a stellar classification of K4-III; [3] a star that has used up its core hydrogen and has expanded. It is a mild barium star, which may indicate it is a binary with a white dwarf companion, [9] and is very lithium-weak. [10] The star has an estimated 1.86 [2] times the mass of the Sun and has expanded to about 16 [5] times the Sun's radius. It is radiating 447 [2] times the Sun's luminosity from its enlarged photosphere at an effective temperature of 4,095 K. [2]