Star in the constellation of Orion
51 Orionis is a single[ 10] star in the equatorial constellation of Orion .[ 9] It has the Bayer designation b Orionis , while 51 Orionis is the Flamsteed designation . This object is visible to the naked eye as a faint, orange-hued star with an apparent visual magnitude of 4.90.[ 2] It is located approximately 299 light-years away from the Sun based on parallax ,[ 1] and is drifting further away with a radial velocity of +88 km/s.[ 4]
This is an aging giant star with a stellar classification of K1III,[ 3] having exhausted the supply of hydrogen at its core and expanded to 19 times the Sun's radius .[ 1] It is four[ 8] billion years old with 1.11[ 5] times the mass of the Sun . The star is radiating 132[ 1] times the Sun's luminosity from its enlarged photosphere at an effective temperature of 4,458 K.[ 1]
References
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^ a b Wu, Yue; et al. (2010). "Coudé-feed stellar spectral library – atmospheric parameters". Astronomy & Astrophysics . 525 : A71. arXiv :1009.1491 . Bibcode :2011A&A...525A..71W . doi :10.1051/0004-6361/201015014 . S2CID 53480665 .
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^ a b Luck, R. Earle (2015). "Abundances in the Local Region. I. G and K Giants". Astronomical Journal . 150 (3). 88. arXiv :1507.01466 . Bibcode :2015AJ....150...88L . doi :10.1088/0004-6256/150/3/88 . S2CID 118505114 .
^ a b "51 Ori" . SIMBAD . Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg . Retrieved 2019-07-29 .
^ Eggleton, P. P.; Tokovinin, A. A. (September 2008). "A catalogue of multiplicity among bright stellar systems" . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society . 389 (2): 869–879. arXiv :0806.2878 . Bibcode :2008MNRAS.389..869E . doi :10.1111/j.1365-2966.2008.13596.x . S2CID 14878976 .