20 Monocerotis

Star in the constellation Monoceros

20 Monocerotis
Observation data Epoch J2000 Equinox J2000
Location of 20 Monocerotis (circled)
Constellation	Monoceros
Right ascension	07^h 10^m 13.68177^s^[1]
Declination	−04° 14′ 13.5829″^[1]
Apparent magnitude (V)	4.92^[2]
Characteristics
Evolutionary stage	horizontal branch^[3]
Spectral type	K0III^[4]
U−B color index	+0.78^[2]
B−V color index	+1.03^[2]
Astrometry

Radial velocity (R_v)	+77.74^[5] km/s
Proper motion (μ)	RA: −0.714^[1] mas/yr Dec.: +217.298^[1] mas/yr
Parallax (π)	16.8419 ± 0.1692 mas^[1]
Distance	194 ± 2 ly (59.4 ± 0.6 pc)
Absolute magnitude (M_V)	0.94^[6]

Details^[7]

Mass	1.07±0.20 `M`_☉
Radius	10.25±0.11^[1] `R`_☉
Luminosity	46.36±0.56^[1] `L`_☉
Surface gravity (log g)	2.53±0.10 cgs
Temperature	4,714±46 K
Metallicity [Fe/H]	−0.25±0.03 dex
Rotational velocity (v sin i)	2.33±0.50 km/s
Age	5.75±2.85 Gyr

Other designations
20 Mon, BD−04°1840, FK5 1186, GC 9477, HD 54810, HIP 34622, HR 2701, SAO 134282, CCDM J07102-0414A, WDS J07102-0414A^[8]
Database references
SIMBAD	data

20 Monocerotis is a single^[9] star located about 194^[1] light years away from the Sun in the equatorial constellation of Monoceros. It is visible to the naked eye as a faint, orange-hued star with an apparent visual magnitude of 4.92.^[2] The star is receding from the Earth with a heliocentric radial velocity of +78 km/s.^[5]

This object is an aging giant star with a stellar classification of K0 III.^[4] It is a red clump giant,^[3] which indicates it is on the horizontal branch and is generating energy through helium fusion at its core. The star is around six^[7] billion years old with 1.1 times the mass of the Sun. After exhausting the supply of hydrogen at its core, it has expanded to 10.3^[1] times the Sun's radius. It is radiating 46^[1] times the luminosity of the Sun from its swollen photosphere at an effective temperature of 4,714 K.^[7]

In addition to the primary, three visual companions have been reported: component B, with magnitude 12.93 and separation 67.8", C, with magnitude 10.16 and separation 167.9", and D, with magnitude 12.46 and separation 102.3".^[10]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j Brown, A. G. A.; et al. (Gaia collaboration) (August 2018). "Gaia Data Release 2: Summary of the contents and survey properties". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 616. A1. arXiv:1804.09365. Bibcode:2018A&A...616A...1G. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201833051. Gaia DR2 record for this source at VizieR.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Ducati, J. R. (2002). "VizieR Online Data Catalog: Catalogue of Stellar Photometry in Johnson's 11-color system". CDS/ADC Collection of Electronic Catalogues. 2237. Bibcode:2002yCat.2237....0D.
^ ^a ^b Puzeras, E.; et al. (October 2010), "High-resolution spectroscopic study of red clump stars in the Galaxy: iron-group elements", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 408 (2): 1225–1232, arXiv:1006.3857, Bibcode:2010MNRAS.408.1225P, doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2010.17195.x, S2CID 44228180
^ ^a ^b Hoffleit, D.; Warren, W. H. (1995). "VizieR Online Data Catalog: Bright Star Catalogue, 5th Revised Ed. (Hoffleit+, 1991)". VizieR On-line Data Catalog: V/50. Originally Published in: 1964BS....C......0H. 5050. Bibcode:1995yCat.5050....0H.
^ ^a ^b Jofré, E.; Petrucci, R.; Saffe, C.; Saker, L.; Artur de la Villarmois, E.; Chavero, C.; Gómez, M.; Mauas, P. J. D. (2015). "Stellar parameters and chemical abundances of 223 evolved stars with and without planets". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 574: A50. arXiv:1410.6422. Bibcode:2015A&A...574A..50J. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201424474. S2CID 53666931. Vizier catalog entry
^ Anderson, E.; Francis, Ch. (2012). "XHIP: An extended hipparcos compilation". Astronomy Letters. 38 (5): 331. arXiv:1108.4971. Bibcode:2012AstL...38..331A. doi:10.1134/S1063773712050015. S2CID 119257644. Vizier catalog entry
^ ^a ^b ^c Jofré, E.; et al. (2015). "Stellar parameters and chemical abundances of 223 evolved stars with and without planets". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 574: A50. arXiv:1410.6422. Bibcode:2015A&A...574A..50J. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201424474. S2CID 53666931.
^ "20 Mon". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2019-05-31.
^ Eggleton, P. P.; Tokovinin, A. A. (2008), "A catalogue of multiplicity among bright stellar systems", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 389 (2): 869, arXiv:0806.2878, Bibcode:2008MNRAS.389..869E, doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2008.13596.x, S2CID 14878976.
^ Mason, Brian D.; Wycoff, Gary L.; Hartkopf, William I.; Douglass, Geoffrey G.; Worley, Charles E. (2001). "The 2001 US Naval Observatory Double Star CD-ROM. I. The Washington Double Star Catalog". The Astronomical Journal. 122 (6): 3466. Bibcode:2001AJ....122.3466M. doi:10.1086/323920. Vizier catalog entry

Constellation of Monoceros

Stars

Bayer	α β γ δ ε ζ
Flamsteed	1 2 3 6 7 9 10 12 13 14 16 17 18 19 20 21 23 24 25 27 28 77 Ori 78 Ori
Variable	R S (15) T U V RU RW SV TU UX VV VY AO AR AU AX BE BN BT BX CL CS CV CW DD FU GI IM PZ V372 V396 V474 V505 V569 V577 V578 V582 V588 V589 V590 V592 V614 V616 V638 V640 V641 V644 V653 V682 V684 V689 V694 V695 V696 V700 V715 V721 V723 V728 V731 V739 V743 V750 V753 V827 V838 V926
HR	2150 2154 2179 2205 2224 2234 2237 2267 2270 2280 2292 2300 2313 2317 2321 2324 2325 2328 2333 2342 2347 2355 2367 2370 2375 2378 2381 2386 2395 2406 2409 2418 2426 2430 2440 2458 2461 2467 2469 2474 2479 2502 2508 2514 2521 2530 2543 2551 2555 2570 2572 2577 2582 2584 2589 2599 2606 2610 2613 2624 2627 2636 2639 2647 2655 2656 2663 2676 2694 2731 2732 2739 2752 2765 2806 2807 2811 2833 2865 2866 2867 2876 2883 2920 2958 3014 3047 3054 3072 3150 3172 3174 3189
HD	42132 44179 44219 45090 45166 45215 45652 (Lusitânia) 46149 46150 46202 46223 46375 46966 48099 50064 50138 50281 52265 (Citalá) 65938 66428
Other	A0620-00 AFGL 961 CoRoT-1 CoRoT-4 CoRoT-5 CoRoT-7 CoRoT-12 CoRoT-13 CoRoT-14 CoRoT-15 CoRoT-18 CoRoT-19 CoRoT-20 CoRoT-21 CoRoT-24 Gliese 282 Monoceros R2 IRS 3 NGC 2264 IRS 1 Ross 614 Scholz's SCR 0640−0552 UGPS J0652+0324 UGPS J0722−0540

Exoplanets	CoRoT-1b CoRoT-4b CoRoT-5b CoRoT-7b CoRoT-7c CoRoT-7d CoRoT-12b CoRoT-13b CoRoT-14b CoRoT-15b CoRoT-18b CoRoT-19b CoRoT-20b CoRoT-20c CoRoT-21b CoRoT-24b CoRoT-24c HD 44219 b HD 45652 b (Viriato) HD 46375 b HD 52265 b (Cayahuanca)