HD 133683

HD 133683
Observation data
Epoch J2000.0      Equinox J2000.0
Constellation Triangulum Australe
Right ascension 15h 09m 29.91331s
Declination −67° 05 02.8878
Apparent magnitude (V) +5.76
Characteristics
Spectral type F5Ib
B−V color index 0.675±0.017
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)−14.72±0.14 km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: −3.146 mas/yr
Dec.: −3.314 mas/yr
Parallax (π)0.9159±0.0583 mas
Distance3,600 ± 200 ly
(1,090 ± 70 pc)
Details
Mass11.59±1.12 M
Radius79.3+1.9
−6.2
 R
Luminosity5,436±458 L
Surface gravity (log g)1.70 cgs
Temperature5,567+231
−64
 K
Metallicity [Fe/H]0.00 dex
Rotational velocity (v sin i)4.7±0.2 km/s
Other designations
CD−66°1703, FK5 3195, HD 133683, HIP 74184, HR 5621, SAO 253031
Database references
SIMBADdata

HD 133683 is a single star in the southern constellation of Triangulum Australe. It has a yellow-white hue and is dimly visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of +5.76. The distance to this star is approximately 3,600 light-years based on parallax, but it is drifting closer with a radial velocity of −14.7 km/s.

This is a massive supergiant star with a stellar classification of F5Ib. It has around 11 times the mass of the Sun and is spinning with a projected rotational velocity of 4.7 km/s. The star has expanded to 79 times the radius of the Sun. It is radiating 5,400 times the luminosity of the Sun from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 5,567 K.