Astronomy:Iota2 Fornacis

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Short description: Star in the constellation Fornax


Iota2 Fornacis
Observation data
Equinox J2000.0]] (ICRS)
Constellation Fornax
Right ascension  02h 38m 18.66152s[1]
Declination −30° 11′ 38.6284″[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) 5.83[2] + 13.74[3]
Characteristics
Spectral type F6 V Fe-0.7 CH-0.4[4]
B−V color index +0.48[2]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)29.0±2.9[5] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: +97.59[1] mas/yr
Dec.: −74.25[1] mas/yr
Parallax (π)29.46 ± 0.40[1] mas
Distance111 ± 2 ly
(33.9 ± 0.5 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)3.08[6]
Details
ι For A
Mass1.42[7] M
Radius1.4[8] R
Surface gravity (log g)3.47[4] cgs
Temperature6,366[6] K
Metallicity [Fe/H]−0.41[4] dex
Rotational velocity (v sin i)4.7±0.2[6] km/s
Age3.67[9] Gyr
ι For B
Mass0.35[7] M
Other designations
ι For, CD−30° 973, HD 16538, HIP 12288, HR 777, SAO 193829[10]
Database references
SIMBADdata

Iota2 Fornacis is the Bayer designation for a star in the southern constellation of Fornax. It is faintly visible to the naked eye on a dark night, having an apparent visual magnitude of 5.83.[2] The distance to this star, based upon an annual parallax shift of 29.46 mas, is around 111 light-years.[1] It is a member of the thin disk population of the Milky Way galaxy.[9]

This is an F-type main-sequence star with a stellar classification of F6 V Fe-0.7 CH-0.4.[4] The suffix notation indicates that absorption lines of iron and the carbon–hydrogen G-band are abnormally weak.[11] It has an estimated 1.42[7] times the mass of the Sun and 1.4[8] times the Sun's radius. The star is around 3.67 billion years old,[9] and is spinning with a leisurely projected rotational velocity of 4.7 km/s.[6]

Iota2 Fornacis has a common proper motion companion, a magnitude 13.74 star at a position angle of 81.80 arcseconds along a position angle of 6°.[3] This object has about 35% of the Sun's mass.[7]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 van Leeuwen, F. (2007), "Validation of the new Hipparcos reduction", Astronomy and Astrophysics 474 (2): 653–664, doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20078357, Bibcode2007A&A...474..653V. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Johnson, H. L. et al. (1999). "UBVRIJKL photometry of the bright stars". Commission Lunar and Planetary Laboratory 4: 99. Bibcode1966CoLPL...4...99J. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 Mason, B. D. et al. (2014), "The Washington Visual Double Star Catalog", The Astronomical Journal 122: 3466–3471, doi:10.1086/323920, Bibcode2001AJ....122.3466M. 
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Gray, R. O. et al. (2006), "Contributions to the Nearby Stars (NStars) Project: spectroscopy of stars earlier than M0 within 40 pc-The Southern Sample", The Astronomical Journal 132 (1): 161–70, doi:10.1086/504637, Bibcode2006AJ....132..161G. 
  5. de Bruijne, J. H. J.; Eilers, A.-C. (October 2012), "Radial velocities for the HIPPARCOS-Gaia Hundred-Thousand-Proper-Motion project", Astronomy & Astrophysics 546: 14, doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201219219, A61, Bibcode2012A&A...546A..61D. 
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 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. 
  7. 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 Tokovinin, Andrei (2014). "From Binaries to Multiples. II. Hierarchical Multiplicity of F and G Dwarfs". The Astronomical Journal 147 (4): 14. doi:10.1088/0004-6256/147/4/87. 87. Bibcode2014AJ....147...87T. 
  8. 8.0 8.1 Pasinetti Fracassini, L. E. et al. (February 2001), "Catalogue of Apparent Diameters and Absolute Radii of Stars (CADARS) - Third edition - Comments and statistics", Astronomy and Astrophysics 367 (2): 521–524, doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20000451, Bibcode2001A&A...367..521P. 
  9. 9.0 9.1 9.2 Ibukiyama, A.; Arimoto, N. (November 2002), "HIPPARCOS age-metallicity relation of the solar neighbourhood disc stars", Astronomy and Astrophysics 394: 927–941, doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20021157, Bibcode2002A&A...394..927I. 
  10. "iot02 For -- High proper-motion Star", SIMBAD Astronomical Database (Centre de Données astronomiques de Strasbourg), http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-id?Ident=iot02+For, retrieved 2017-01-23. 
  11. Keenan, P. C. (1985), "The MK classification and its calibration", Proceedings of the Symposium, calibration of fundamental stellar quantities, Dordrecht: D. Reidel Publishing Co., pp. 121−135, Bibcode1985IAUS..111..121K.