Kappa Telescopii

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Kappa Telescopii
Observation data
Epoch J2000.0      Equinox J2000.0 (ICRS)
Constellation Telescopium
Right ascension Template:RA[1]
Declination Template:DEC[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) +5.20[2]
Characteristics
Evolutionary stage red clump[3]
Spectral type G8/K0 III[4]
B−V Template:Engvar +0.96[2]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)−44.3[5] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: +39.92[1] mas/yr
Dec.: −96.17[1] mas/yr
Parallax (π)12.00±0.27 mas[1]
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Details[6]
Mass1.92 Template:Solar mass
Radius10.51 Template:Solar radius
Luminosity77.6 Template:Solar luminosity
Surface gravity (log g)2.79 cgs
Temperature4,968 K
Metallicity [Fe/H]−0.25 dex
Rotational velocity (v sin i)2.63 km/s
Age1.25 Gyr
Metallicity [Fe/H]{{{metal_fe2}}} dex
Other designations
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Database references
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Kappa Telescopii (κ Telescopii) is a solitary,[8] yellow-hued star in the southern constellation of Telescopium. With an apparent visual magnitude of +5.20,[2] it is visible to the naked eye. Based upon an annual parallax shift of 12.00 mas as seen from Earth,[1] it is located around 272 light years from the Sun.

At the age of around 1.25 billion years,[6] this an evolved giant star with a stellar classification of G8/K0 III,[4] showing a spectrum with characteristics intermediate between a G-type and a K-type star. It has an estimated 1.9 times the mass of the Sun and 10.5 times the Sun's radius.[6] The star is radiating 77.6 times the solar luminosity from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 4,968 K.[6] It is unclear whether it is cooling or heating up on its evolutionary pathway through the red clump.[3]

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