HR 3384

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HR 3384
Observation data
Epoch J2000      Equinox J2000
Constellation Pyxis
Right ascension 08h 32m 51.49609s[1]
Declination –31° 30′ 03.0717″[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) 6.38[2]
Characteristics
Spectral type G9V[3]
U−B color index +0.29[4]
B−V color index +0.78[4]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv) +81.91[5] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: –1113.37[1] mas/yr
Dec.: 761.57[1] mas/yr
Parallax (π) 81.91 ± 0.46[1] mas
Distance 39.8 ± 0.2 ly
(12.21 ± 0.07 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV) 5.95[2]
Details
Mass 0.750 ± 0.015[6] M
Radius 0.85[7] R
Surface gravity (log g) 4.56[8] cgs
Temperature 5,290[8] K
Metallicity [Fe/H] −0.36[8] dex
Rotation 40.2 ± 4.1 d[9]
Rotational velocity (v sin i) 6.79[10] km/s
Age (5.7–6.5) × 109[2] years
Other designations
11 G. Pyxidis, CD-31°6229, GJ 309, HD 72673, HIP 41926, HR 3384, LHS 249, LTT 3168, SAO 199352.

HR 3384 (11 G. Pyxidis) is solitary star in the southern constellation of Pyxis. It has an apparent magnitude of 6.38,[2] indicating it is faintly visible to the naked eye. Based on the Bortle scale, the star can be viewed from dark rural skies. Astrometric measurements of the star by the Hipparcos spacecraft, give an estimated distance of about 40 light-years (12 parsecs) from Earth.

This star is lower in mass than the Sun at around 75%,[6] and has just 85%[7] of the Sun's radius. The spectrum matches a spectral class G9V,[3] indicating that this is a G-type main sequence star that is generating energy through the nuclear fusion of hydrogen at its core. The star is rotating slowly with a period of around 40 days. Surface magnetic activity has been detected with a periodic cycle of 3,050+558
−408
 days.[9] HR 3384 has been examined for evidence of a circumstellar debris disk or planets, but, as of 2012, none have been discovered.[11]

References

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