HD 24160 is a singlestar in the equatorial constellation of Eridanus. It is visible to the naked eye with an
apparent visual magnitude
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of 4.17. The distance to HD 24160 can be estimated from its annual parallax shift of , yielding a separation of 217 light years. It is moving further from the Earth with a heliocentric radial velocity of +2 km/s. This object is a coronal member of the Ursa Major Moving Group of stars that share a common motion through space.
At the age of 1.76 billion years old, HD 24160 is an
evolved
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giant star
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core
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and tracked away from the main sequence. It has 2.33 times the mass of the Sun and has expanded to about 11 times the Sun's radius. The star is radiating 81.3 times the
Sun's luminosity
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One nominal ...