HD 211073

HD 211073
Observation data
Epoch J2000.0      Equinox J2000.0
Constellation Lacerta
Right ascension 22h 13m 52.72731s
Declination +39° 42 53.7442
Apparent magnitude (V) 4.50 (4.49–4.55)
Characteristics
Evolutionary stage horizontal branch
Spectral type K2.5 III
B−V color index 1.39
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)−11.69±0.13 km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: +39.155 mas/yr
Dec.: +18.441 mas/yr
Parallax (π)5.5806±0.2705 mas
Distance580 ± 30 ly
(179 ± 9 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)−1.34
Details
HD 211073 Aa
Mass2.23+0.22
−0.26
 M
Radius45.69+2.17
−2.39
 R
Luminosity573.50+51.88
−61.58
 L
Surface gravity (log g)1.46+0.05
−0.04
 cgs
Temperature4,180+12
−14
 K
Rotational velocity (v sin i)2.9±1.0 km/s
Age1.00+0.38
−0.19
 Gyr
Other designations
NSV 14076, BD+38°4711, FK5 1583, HD 211073, HIP 109754, HR 8485, SAO 72155, WDS J22139+3943
Database references
SIMBADdata

HD 211073 is a triple star system in the northern constellation Lacerta, located around 580 light years from the Sun. It is visible to the naked eye as a faint orange-hued star with a baseline apparent visual magnitude of 4.50. The system is moving closer to the Earth with a heliocentric radial velocity of −11.7 km/s.

The primary member, designated component Aa, is an evolved giant star with a stellar classification of K2.5 III that is most likely (98% chance) on the horizontal branch. It is a suspected variable star that ranges in magnitude from 4.49 down to 4.55. This star is around a billion years old with 2.2 times the mass of the Sun and has expanded to 46 times the Sun's radius. It is radiating about 574 times the Sun's luminosity from its enlarged photosphere at an effective temperature of 4,180 K.

As of 2005, the inner pair of stars (Aa + Ab) in this system had an angular separation of 0.20 along a position angle (PA) of 170°. The magnitude 8.15 component Ac was separated from Aa by 0.30″ with a PA of 27°, as of 2010. As of 2015, the magnitude 10.60 visual companion, designated component B, was separated from the primary by 30.50″ along a PA of 190°.