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HD 112300

Star HD 112300

Red giant HD 112300 is located 187 light years away from the Sun. It is a single star of spectral class M1 III, that has 140 % of solar mass. There is at least one exoplanet in this system.

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Sun distance
187 light years

HD 112300

Red giant

Spectral class: M1 III

Location +

Right ascension: 12h 55m 35.712s

Declination: 3° 23' 50.029'' (equatorial region)

Parallax: 17.406

Sun distance: 187.376 ly | 57.4 pc

Basic characteristic

Mass: 140 % M Sun

Size: 6580 % R Sun

Temperature: 3657 K | 0.63 T Sun

Photometry

Apparent magnitude (V): 3.4

Absolute magnitude (V): -0.4

Absolute stellar magnitude in different parts of the electromagnetic spectrum from infrared (K band) to ultraviolet (U band).

K
2.1

H
1.6

J
1.2

Grp
0.8

I
0.8

G
0.6

V
0.5

Gbp
0.5

B
0.4

U
0.3

HD 112300 system structure


	HD 112300
		HD 112300 b	1.33 AU	5032.5 M⊕		466.6 days

More about HD 112300

Star HD 112300 is is much bigger than the Sun and temperature on its surface is around 3657 K (3384 °C), which is about 63 % of Sun's temperature.

       HD 112300 can be found in northern celestial hemisphere, and it is possible to see it with naked eye. The star is easily observable from Northern America, Europe and Asia.

Other designations of this star
delta Vir, Gaia DR3 3704342295607157120

External sources

Long-period radial velocity variations of nine M red giants: The detection of sub-stellar companions around HD 6860 and HD 112300

Scientific study, Accepted: 29. 07. 2023

Gaia database (Gaia DR3 3704342295607157120)

Archive from the Gaia mission

Frequently Asked Questions

How far is the HD 112300 system from the Sun?

The HD 112300 system is 187 light years or 57.4 parsecs from the Sun.

What galaxy is the HD 112300 star in?

The HD 112300 is in the Milky Way galaxy just like the Sun.

How many stars are in the HD 112300 system?

The HD 112300 is a single star, there are no other known stars in the system.

What type of star is the HD 112300?

The star HD 112300 is a Red giant star.

What temperature is star HD 112300?

The star HD 112300 has an effective temperature of 3657 K. Find out more about the temperature of stars in Stellar guide

Class of stars Red giant

White dwarfs are the hot, extremely dense stellar remnants left behind by stars that originally had masses between about 0.5 and 8 times the mass of the Sun during their main sequence lifetimes. After exhausting their nuclear fuel, these stars shed their outer layers and leave behind a compact core. Although white dwarfs contain between roughly 0.2 and 1.44 solar masses, this mass is packed into a volume comparable to that of an Earth-sized planet, making them some of the densest objects in the Universe.

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