Astronomy:Delta Volantis

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Short description: Solitary star in the constellation Volans
δ Volantis
Volans IAU.svg
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Location of δ Volantis
Observation data
Equinox J2000.0]] (ICRS)
Constellation Volans
Right ascension  07h 16m 49.82387s[1]
Declination −67° 57′ 25.7484″[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) 3.97[2]
Characteristics
Spectral type F6 II[3]
U−B color index +0.45[2]
B−V color index +0.78[2]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)22.7±0.3[4] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: −4.43[1] mas/yr
Dec.: +8.38[1] mas/yr
Parallax (π)4.42 ± 0.11[1] mas
Distance740 ± 20 ly
(226 ± 6 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)−2.80[5]
Details
Radius24[6] R
Luminosity1,152[7] L
Surface gravity (log g)1.77[8] cgs
Temperature5,386[9] K
Metallicity [Fe/H]0.110[8] dex
Rotational velocity (v sin i)5.6±0.3[9] km/s
Other designations
δ Vol, CPD−67°730, FK5 281, HD 57623, HIP 35228, HR 2803, SAO 249809[10]
Database references
SIMBADdata

Delta Volantis, Latinized from δ Volantis, is a solitary[11] star in the southern constellation Volans. It has an apparent visual magnitude of +3.97, which is bright enough to be seen with the naked eye. Based upon parallax measurements, is approximately 740 light years from the Sun.

This is an F-type bright giant star with a stellar classification of F6 II. It has an estimated radius 24 times that of the Sun, and shines with more than a thousand times the Sun's luminosity. The outer atmosphere has an effective temperature of 5,386 K.

References

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  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Mermilliod, J.-C. (1986), "Compilation of Eggen's UBV data, transformed to UBV (unpublished)", Catalogue of Eggen's UBV Data. SIMBAD, Bibcode1986EgUBV........0M. 
  3. Malaroda, S. (August 1975), "Study of the F-type stars. I. MK spectral types", Astronomical Journal 80: 637–641, doi:10.1086/111786, Bibcode1975AJ.....80..637M. 
  4. Gontcharov, G. A. (November 2006), "Pulkovo Compilation of Radial Velocities for 35 495 Hipparcos stars in a common system", Astronomy Letters 32 (11): 759–771, doi:10.1134/S1063773706110065, Bibcode2006AstL...32..759G. 
  5. Anderson, E.; Francis, Ch. (2012), "XHIP: An extended hipparcos compilation", Astronomy Letters 38 (5): 331, doi:10.1134/S1063773712050015, Bibcode2012AstL...38..331A. 
  6. Pasinetti Fracassini, L. E. et al. (2001), "Catalogue of Apparent Diameters and Absolute Radii of Stars (CADARS) - Third edition - Comments and statistics", Astronomy & Astrophysics 367 (2): 521–24, doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20000451, Bibcode2001A&A...367..521P. 
  7. McDonald, I. et al. (2012), "Fundamental Parameters and Infrared Excesses of Hipparcos Stars", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 427 (1): 343–57, doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2012.21873.x, Bibcode2012MNRAS.427..343M. 
  8. 8.0 8.1 Soubiran, C. et al. (June 2010), "The PASTEL catalogue of stellar parameters", Astronomy and Astrophysics 515: A111, doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201014247, Bibcode2010A&A...515A.111S. 
  9. 9.0 9.1 Ammler-von Eiff, Matthias; Reiners, Ansgar (June 2012), "New measurements of rotation and differential rotation in A-F stars: are there two populations of differentially rotating stars?", Astronomy & Astrophysics 542: A116, doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201118724, Bibcode2012A&A...542A.116A. 
  10. "del Vol -- Star", SIMBAD Astronomical Database (Centre de Données astronomiques de Strasbourg), http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-id?Ident=delta+vol, retrieved 2016-09-04. 
  11. Eggleton, P. P.; Tokovinin, A. A. (September 2008), "A catalogue of multiplicity among bright stellar systems", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 389 (2): 869–879, doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2008.13596.x, Bibcode2008MNRAS.389..869E.