Astronomy:Nu2 Columbae

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Short description: Star in the constellation Columba


ν2 Columbae
Observation data
Equinox J2000.0]] (ICRS)
Constellation Columba
Right ascension  05h 37m 44.61799s[1]
Declination −28° 41′ 22.8863″[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) 5.31[2]
Characteristics
Spectral type F5 V[3]
U−B color index +0.10[2]
B−V color index +0.46[2]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)+38.0±2.6[4] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: −37.66[1] mas/yr
Dec.: +42.42[1] mas/yr
Parallax (π)24.51 ± 0.29[1] mas
Distance133 ± 2 ly
(40.8 ± 0.5 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)+2.21[5]
Details
Mass1.65[4] M
Radius1.6[6] R
Luminosity10[7] L
Surface gravity (log g)3.91[8] cgs
Temperature6,473±80[4] K
Metallicity [Fe/H]−0.11±0.15[9] dex
Rotational velocity (v sin i)27.2[8] km/s
Age1.8[4] Gyr
Other designations
ν2 Col, CD−28° 2321, HD 37495, HIP 26460, HR 1935, SAO 170613.[10]
Database references
SIMBADdata

Nu2 Columbae is a solitary star[11] in the southern constellation of Columba. It can be seen with the naked eye, having an apparent visual magnitude of 5.31.[2] With an annual parallax shift of 24.51 mas,[1] it is estimated to lie about 133 light years from the Sun.

This star has a stellar classification of F5 V,[3] indicating that it is an F-type main sequence star that is generating energy through the thermonuclear fusion of hydrogen into helium in its core region. It has about 1.65 times the mass of the Sun[4] and 1.6 times the Sun's radius.[6] X-ray emission has been detected from this star, with an estimated luminosity of 1.6×1029 erg/s.[5] It is about 1.8 billion years old[4] and is spinning with a projected rotational velocity of 27.2 km/s.[8] The star is radiating about 10 times the solar luminosity from its outer atmosphere[7] at an effective temperature of 6,473 K.[4]

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 2.3 Johnson, H. L. et al. (1966), "UBVRIJKL photometry of the bright stars", Communications of the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory 4 (99): 99, Bibcode1966CoLPL...4...99J. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 Houk, Nancy (1979), Michigan catalogue of two-dimensional spectral types for the HD stars, 3, Ann Arbor, Michigan: Dept. of Astronomy, University of Michigan, Bibcode1982mcts.book.....H. 
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 Casagrande, L. et al. (2011), "New constraints on the chemical evolution of the solar neighbourhood and Galactic disc(s). Improved astrophysical parameters for the Geneva-Copenhagen Survey", Astronomy & Astrophysics 530 (A138): 21, doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201016276, Bibcode2011A&A...530A.138C. 
  5. 5.0 5.1 Pizzolato, N. et al. (September 2000), "Evolution of X-ray activity of 1-3 Msun late-type stars in early post-main-sequence phases", Astronomy and Astrophysics 361: 614–628, Bibcode2000A&A...361..614P. 
  6. 6.0 6.1 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. 
  7. 7.0 7.1 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 8.2 Schröder, C.; Reiners, Ansgar; Schmitt, Jürgen H. M. M. (January 2009), "Ca II HK emission in rapidly rotating stars. Evidence for an onset of the solar-type dynamo", Astronomy and Astrophysics 493 (3): 1099–1107, doi:10.1051/0004-6361:200810377, Bibcode2009A&A...493.1099S, http://goedoc.uni-goettingen.de/goescholar/bitstream/handle/1/9690/aa10377-08.pdf?sequence=2 [yes|permanent dead link|dead link}}]
  9. Balachandran, Suchitra (May 1, 1990), "Lithium depletion and rotation in main-sequence stars", Astrophysical Journal, Part 1 354: 310–332, doi:10.1086/168691, Bibcode1990ApJ...354..310B. 
  10. "nu.02 Col -- Star", SIMBAD Astronomical Database (Centre de Données astronomiques de Strasbourg), http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-id?Ident=nu2+Col, retrieved 2016-12-30. 
  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.