HD 156411

HD 156411 / Inquill
Observation data
Epoch J2000.0      Equinox J2000.0
Constellation Ara
Right ascension 17h 19m 51.40072s
Declination −48° 32 57.5600
Apparent magnitude (V) 6.67
Characteristics
Evolutionary stage subgiant
Spectral type G1V(w)
Apparent magnitude (B) 7.284
Apparent magnitude (J) 5.563±0.018
Apparent magnitude (H) 5.241±0.031
Apparent magnitude (K) 5.170±0.021
B−V color index 0.614±0.008
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)−38.84±0.12 km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: −33.443 mas/yr
Dec.: −211.177 mas/yr
Parallax (π)17.9656±0.0212 mas
Distance181.5 ± 0.2 ly
(55.66 ± 0.07 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)2.976
Details
Mass1.24±0.03 M
Radius2.15±0.11 R
Luminosity5.38 L
Surface gravity (log g)4.03±0.03 cgs
Temperature5,908±16 K
Metallicity [Fe/H]−0.12±0.02 dex
Rotation27.15 days
Rotational velocity (v sin i)1.84±0.23 km/s
Age4.28±0.42 Gyr
Other designations
Inquill, CD−48°11605, HD 156411, HIP 84787, SAO 227825, PPM 322823, NLTT 44550
Database references
SIMBADdata
Exoplanet Archivedata

HD 156411 is a 7th magnitude G-type subgiant star located approximately 182 light-years away in the southern constellation Ara. This star is larger, hotter, brighter, and more massive than the Sun. Its metal content is three-fourths as much as the Sun. The star is around 4.3 billion years old and is spinning with a projected rotational velocity of 1.8 km/s. Naef and associates (2010) noted the star appears to be slightly evolved. In 2009, a gas giant planet was found in orbit around the star.

The star HD 156411 is named Inquill. The name was selected in the NameExoWorlds campaign by Peru, during the 100th anniversary of the IAU. Inquil was one half of the couple involved in the tragic love story Way to the Sun by Abraham Valdelomar.

The HD 156411 planetary system
Companion
(in order from star)
Mass Semimajor axis
(AU)
Orbital period
(days)
Eccentricity Inclination Radius
b / Sumajmajta 0.74+0.05
−0.04
 MJ
1.88+0.03
−0.04
842.2±14.5 0.22±0.08