HIP 11672, a yellow star in Aries
HIP 11672 is a yellow star in the constellation Aries. At 339 light years away, it shines at an apparent visual magnitude of 9.63.
HIP 11672 (HIP 11672)
HIP 11672 is a yellow star in the constellation Aries. At 339 light years away, it shines at an apparent visual magnitude of 9.63. It is moving through the Galaxy at a speed of 15.6 km/s relative to the Sun.
Sky position: RA 2h 30.6m, Dec +14° 15.7'
Common designations: HIP 11672, Gaia DR3 75189935162412416
HIP 11672 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 HIP 11672 in the sky
HIP 11672 lies in Aries. With a declination of +14° 15.7', it is visible from the entire Northern Hemisphere and from the Southern Hemisphere down to about latitude 76° S. A telescope is needed to see it. 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 HIP 11672
Astrometry and spectroscopy
| Right Ascension (J2000) | 37.64299920° (2h 30.6m) |
| Declination (J2000) | 14.26130568° (+14° 15.7') |
| Galactic Longitude | 156.14787401° |
| Galactic Latitude | -42.12791841° |
| Proper motion RA | 9.74 mas/yr |
| Proper motion Dec | -21.04 mas/yr |
| Parallax | 9.63 ± 0.32 mas |
| Spectral Type | G0 |
| Radial Velocity | 10.65 km/s |
Photometry
| Band | Magnitude | Abs. Mag. |
|---|---|---|
| B | 10.15 | 5.07 |
| V | 9.63 | 4.55 |
| J | 8.55 | 3.47 |
| H | 8.26 | 3.18 |
| K | 8.23 | 3.15 |
Colour index B-V: +0.52
Derivations
- Heliocentric distance: 103.80 pc (339 light years) (3.3% margin of error)
- Absolute visual magnitude: 4.55
- Transverse velocity: 11.4 km/s
- Space velocity relative to the Sun: 15.6 km/s
- Galactic position (X, Y, Z): -70.4 pc, 31.1 pc, -69.6 pc
- Galactic velocity (U, V, W): -7.0 km/s, -7.1 km/s, -12.0 km/s
Data: Extended Hipparcos Compilation (XHIP) and SIMBAD.