V1400 Centauri

V1400 Centauri

V1400 Centauri imaged by the Dark Energy Survey
Observation data
Epoch J2000      Equinox J2000
Constellation Centaurus
Right ascension 14h 07m 47.92976s
Declination −39° 45 42.7671
Apparent magnitude (V) 12.2–15.6
Characteristics
Evolutionary stage Pre-main sequence
Spectral type K5 IVe Li
Variable type rotational T Tau and eclipsing
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)5.904±0.151 km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: −23.108±0.015 mas/yr
Dec.: −21.048±0.017 mas/yr
Parallax (π)7.2351±0.0140 mas
Distance450.8 ± 0.9 ly
(138.2 ± 0.3 pc)
Details
Mass0.977+0.023
−0.045
 M
Radius1.0661+0.0062
−0.0139
 R
Luminosity0.3431+0.0067
−0.0064
 L
Surface gravity (log g)4.302+0.0243
−0.0243
 cgs
Temperature4343+24
−29
 K
Metallicity [Fe/H]−0.1903+0.0448
−0.0422
 dex
Rotation3.206±0.002 d:6
Rotational velocity (v sin i)14.6±0.4 km/s
Age~16 or 21.38+4.30
−7.60
:2 Myr
Other designations
V1400 Cen, GSC 07807-00004, 2MASS J14074792–3945427, WISE J140747.91–394542.9, 1SWASP J140747.93–394542.6, ASAS J140748–3945.7
Database references
SIMBADdata

V1400 Centauri, also known as 1SWASP J140747.93−394542.6 or simply J1407, is a young, pre-main-sequence star that was eclipsed by the likely free-floating substellar object J1407b in April–June 2007. With an age around 20 million years, the star is about as massive as the Sun and is located in the constellation Centaurus at a distance of 451 light-years away from the Sun. V1400 Centauri is a member of Upper Centaurus–Lupus subgroup of the Scorpius–Centaurus association, a group of young, comoving stars close to the Sun.