HD 23474

HD 23474 (HR 1154) is a double star in the southern circumpolar constellation Mensa. It has an apparent magnitude of 6.30, placing it near the max naked eye visibility. The system is situated at a distance of about 750 light years and is currently receding with a heliocentric radial velocity of $$.

As of 2018, the pair have a separation of $$ along a position angle of $$.

The primary or visible component has a stellar classification of K2 III, indicating that it is a red giant. As a result, it has expanded to a diameter of $$ and has an effective temperature of $2.4 km/s$, giving an orange hue. It has 121% the mass of the Sun and shines with a luminosity of $0.2 arcseconds$ from its enlarged photosphere. HD 23474 spins with a poorly constrained projected rotational velocity of $92 deg$ and has a metallicity around solar level.