HD 128429

HD 128429
Observation data
Epoch J2000      Equinox J2000
Constellation Libra
Right ascension 14h 36m 59.79592s
Declination −12° 18 19.0687
Apparent magnitude (V) 6.197±0.005
Characteristics
Evolutionary stage Blue straggler
Spectral type F6V
B−V color index 0.464±0.011
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)−66.1±0.5 km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: −868.62 mas/yr
Dec.: −364.52 mas/yr
Parallax (π)37.1800±0.4010 mas
Distance87.7 ± 0.9 ly
(26.9 ± 0.3 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)3.66
Orbit
CompanionAb
Period (P)1,086±77 d
Semi-major axis (a)1.589 AU
Eccentricity (e) 0.15
Details
Aa
Mass1.32 M
Radius1.39±0.06 R
Luminosity2.75 L
Surface gravity (log g)4.28±0.10 cgs
Temperature6,341±70 K
Metallicity [Fe/H]−0.10±0.06 dex
Rotational velocity (v sin i)16.2±0.5 km/s
Age1.7±0.6 Gyr
3.10 Gyr
Ab
Mass0.49±0.09 M
0.130+0.036
−0.015
 M
Other designations
BD−11°3770, FK5 1381, HD 128429, HIP 71469, HR 5455, SAO 158677, LAL 26630, LHS 2953
Database references
SIMBADdata

HD 128429 is a binary star system located at a distance of 88 light years from the Sun in the southern zodiac constellation of Libra. It has a yellow-white hue and is just barely visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of 6.20. The system is drifting closer to the Sun with a radial velocity of −66 km/s and has a high proper motion, traversing the celestial sphere at the rate of 0.945 per year. It is a well-known high velocity star system with a net heliocentric velocity of 158.8 km/s. The system is orbiting the through the galaxy with a high eccentricity of 0.62, which carries it from as close as 4.1 out to 17.5 kpc away from the Galactic Center.