Star HE0057-5959

White-Blue star HE0057-5959 is located 19260 light years away from the Sun. It is a single star, that has typically about 190 % of solar mass. For now, there are no known exoplanets in this star system.

HE0057-5959

White-Blue star

Location

Right ascension: 0h 59m 54s

Declination: -59° 43' 29.914'' (southern hemisphere)

Parallax: 0.169

Sun distance: 19259.79 ly | 5905.1 pc

Basic characteristic

Mass: 240 % M Sun (estimate)

Size: 220 % R Sun (estimate)

Temperature: 5420 K | 0.94 T Sun

Photometry

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

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

HE0057-5959 system structure

HE0057-5959

More about HE0057-5959

Star HE0057-5959 is is approximately 2 times bigger than the Sun and temperature on its surface is around 5420 K (5147 °C), which is about 94 % of Sun's temperature.

       HE0057-5959 can be found in southern celestial hemisphere, however it is too dim to be seen with the naked eye or even a small telescope.

Other designations of this star
Gaia DR3 4903905598859396480

External sources

The true nature of HE0057-5959, the most metal-poor Li-rich star

Scientific study, Accepted: 24. 06. 2024

Gaia database (Gaia DR3 4903905598859396480)

Archive from the Gaia mission

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