Astronomy:Nu2 Arae

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Short description: Star in the constellation Ara


Nu2 Arae
Ara constellation map.svg
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Location of ν2 Arae (circled)
Observation data
Equinox J2000.0]] (ICRS)
Constellation Ara
Right ascension  17h 51m 11.04526s[1]
Declination –53° 07′ 48.9705″[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) 6.10[2]
Characteristics
Spectral type B9.5 III-IV[3]
B−V color index +0.01[2]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)+18.8±1.2[4] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: +14.855[1] mas/yr
Dec.: +0.548[1] mas/yr
Parallax (π)5.7499 ± 0.1048[1] mas
Distance570 ± 10 ly
(174 ± 3 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)+0.14[5]
Details
Luminosity85[5] L
Other designations
ν2 Ara, CD−53° 7430, HD 161917, HIP 87379, HR 6632, SAO 245072[6]
Database references
SIMBADdata

Nu2 Arae, Latinized from ν2 Arae, is the Bayer designation for a star in the southern constellation of Ara. It is approximately 570 light-years (170 parsecs) from the Earth and is faintly visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of 6.10.[2] The stellar classification of B9.5 III-IV[3] shows this to be a B-type star with a spectrum that displays features part way between the subgiant and giant star stages.

The star is sometimes referred as Upsilon2 Arae2 Arae).[7]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Brown, A. G. A. (August 2018). "Gaia Data Release 2: Summary of the contents and survey properties". Astronomy & Astrophysics 616: A1. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201833051. Bibcode2018A&A...616A...1G.  Gaia DR2 record for this source at VizieR.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Corben, P. M.; Stoy, R. H. (1968), "Photoelectric Magnitudes and Colours for Bright Southern Stars", Monthly Notes of the Astronomical Society of Southern Africa 27: 11, Bibcode1968MNSSA..27...11C. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 Houk, Nancy; Cowley, A. P. (1978), Michigan catalogue of two-dimensional spectral types for the HD stars, 1, Ann Arbor: Dept. of Astronomy, University of Michigan, Bibcode1975mcts.book.....H. 
  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. 5.0 5.1 Anderson, E.; Francis, Ch. (2012), "XHIP: An extended hipparcos compilation", Astronomy Letters 38 (5): 331, doi:10.1134/S1063773712050015, Bibcode2012AstL...38..331A. 
  6. "HR 6632 -- Star", SIMBAD Astronomical Database (Centre de Données astronomiques de Strasbourg), http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-id?Ident=HD+161917, retrieved 2012-07-14 
  7. Note for HR 6632

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