HD 13759, a yellow star in Andromeda
HD 13759 is a yellow star in the constellation Andromeda. At 791 light years away, it shines at an apparent visual magnitude of 8.37.
HD 13759 (HIP 10519)
HD 13759 is a yellow star in the constellation Andromeda. At 791 light years away, it shines at an apparent visual magnitude of 8.37. It is moving through the Galaxy at a speed of 40.6 km/s relative to the Sun.
Sky position: RA 2h 15.5m, Dec +49° 12.6'
Common designations: HD 13759, HIP 10519, Gaia DR3 355149372535818752
HD 13759 has the spectral type G0. G-type stars are yellow stars of about 5,300 to 6,000 K, the same class as the Sun. Their spectra show strong lines of ionized calcium and many metals.
How to find HD 13759 in the sky
HD 13759 lies in Andromeda. With a declination of +49° 12.6', it is visible from the entire Northern Hemisphere and from the Southern Hemisphere down to about latitude 41° S. Observers poleward of latitude 41° N see it as circumpolar: it never sets. It is just beyond naked-eye visibility; binoculars will show it easily. It is highest in the sky at local midnight around November, which makes the weeks around that month the best time to observe it.
Tabulated data for HD 13759
Astrometry and spectroscopy
| Right Ascension (J2000) | 33.88515825° (2h 15.5m) |
| Declination (J2000) | 49.20977006° (+49° 12.6') |
| Galactic Longitude | 136.76540094° |
| Galactic Latitude | -11.38975961° |
| Proper motion RA | 24.79 mas/yr |
| Proper motion Dec | -17.98 mas/yr |
| Parallax | 4.12 ± 0.07 mas |
| Spectral Type | G0 |
| Radial Velocity | 20.26 km/s |
Photometry
| Band | Magnitude | Abs. Mag. |
|---|---|---|
| B | 8.90 | 1.98 |
| V | 8.37 | 1.45 |
| J | 7.24 | 0.32 |
| H | 7.01 | 0.09 |
| K | 6.95 | 0.02 |
Colour index B-V: +0.53
Derivations
- Heliocentric distance: 242.48 pc (791 light years) (1.8% margin of error)
- Absolute visual magnitude: 1.45
- Transverse velocity: 35.2 km/s
- Space velocity relative to the Sun: 40.6 km/s
- Galactic position (X, Y, Z): -173.2 pc, 162.8 pc, -47.9 pc
- Galactic velocity (U, V, W): -36.1 km/s, -12.3 km/s, -14.1 km/s
Data: Extended Hipparcos Compilation (XHIP) and SIMBAD.