HD 28254 [SEP] constellation
HD 28254
HD 28254 is an 8th magnitude G-type main sequence star located approximately 178 light years away in the constellation Dorado. This star is larger, cooler, brighter, and more massive than our Sun. Also its metal content is 2.3 times as much as the Sun. In 2009, a gas giant planet was found in orbit around the star.
Properties.
HD 28254 is a G-type star with a spectral type G1IV/V, indicating that is has begun its evolution off the main
sequence. It is estimated to have a mass 11% larger than the Sun's, a radius 57% larger, and an age around 7.8 billion years. It has a luminosity of 1.57 times the solar luminosity and an effective temperature of about 5,600 K. HD 28254 has a low activity level and a larger metallicity than the Sun, with 2.3 times the solar iron abundance.
HD 28254 is the brighter component of a visual binary. Its companion, HD 28254 B, has a visual apparent magnitude of 13.8 and