14 Eridani is a star in the equatorial Eridanus constellation. It has an apparent visual magnitude of 6.143[2] and is moving closer to the Sun with a radial velocity of around −5 km/s.[4] The measured annual parallax shift is 29.26 mas,[1] which provides an estimated distance of about 121 light years. Proper motion studies indicate that this is an astrometric binary.[9][10]
| Observation data Epoch J2000 Equinox | |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Eridanus |
| Right ascension | 03h 16m 35.75439s[1] |
| Declination | −09° 09′ 16.3318″[1] |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 6.143[2] |
| Characteristics | |
| Spectral type | F5 V Fe−0.7 CH−0.5[3] |
| B−V color index | 0.399[2] |
| Astrometry | |
| Radial velocity (Rv) | −5.3±2.9[4] km/s |
| Proper motion (μ) | RA: +8.057[1] mas/yr Dec.: +22.871[1] mas/yr |
| Parallax (π) | 26.9856 ± 0.2356 mas[1] |
| Distance | 121 ± 1 ly (37.1 ± 0.3 pc) |
| Absolute magnitude (MV) | 3.47[5] |
| Details | |
| Mass | 1.31[6] M☉ |
| Radius | 1.48+0.9 −0.8[1] R☉ |
| Luminosity | 3.87±0.04[1] L☉ |
| Surface gravity (log g) | 4.34±0.14[6] cgs |
| Temperature | 6,719±228[6] K |
| Metallicity [Fe/H] | −0.10[7] dex |
| Age | 1.391[6] Gyr |
| Other designations | |
| Database references | |
| SIMBAD | data |
The visible component has a stellar classification of F5 V Fe−0.7 CH−0.5,[3] which indicates it has the spectrum of an F-type main-sequence star with mild underabundances of iron and methylidyne. It is 1.4[6] billion years old with 1.3[6] times the mass of the Sun and 1.5[1] times the Sun's radius. The star is radiating 3.87[1] times the luminosity of the Sun from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 6,719 K.[6] The system has been detected as a source of X-ray emission.[11]
References
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- ^ 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.
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- ^ "14 Eri". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2018-01-27.
- ^ Makarov, V. V.; Kaplan, G. H. (May 2005), "Statistical Constraints for Astrometric Binaries with Nonlinear Motion", The Astronomical Journal, 129 (5): 2420–2427, Bibcode:2005AJ....129.2420M, doi:10.1086/429590.
- ^ Frankowski, A.; et al. (March 2007), "Proper-motion binaries in the Hipparcos catalogue. Comparison with radial velocity data", Astronomy and Astrophysics, 464 (1): 377–392, arXiv:astro-ph/0612449, Bibcode:2007A&A...464..377F, doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20065526, S2CID 14010423.
- ^ Huensch, M.; et al. (October 1998), "The ROSAT all-sky survey catalogue of optically bright main-sequence stars and subgiant stars", Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement, 132 (2): 155−171, Bibcode:1998A&AS..132..155H, doi:10.1051/aas:1998287.