Astronomy:Pi2 Doradus

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Short description: G-type giant in the constellation Dorado


π2 Doradus
Dorado constellation map.svg
Red circle.svg
Location of π2 Doradus on the map (circled)
Observation data
Epoch J2000.0   Equinox (celestial coordinates)
Constellation Dorado
Right ascension  06h 25m 28.63069s[1]
Declination −69° 42′ 25.0800″[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) 5.38[2]
Characteristics
Evolutionary stage horizontal branch[3]
Spectral type G8 III[4]
U−B color index +0.67[2]
B−V color index +0.97[2]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)9.1±2.8[5] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: −12.184[1] mas/yr
Dec.: +200.786[1] mas/yr
Parallax (π)11.7563 ± 0.058[1] mas
Distance277 ± 1 ly
(85.1 ± 0.4 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)+0.78[6]
Details[7]
Mass1.80±0.07 M
Radius9.84±0.16 R
Luminosity51.1±1.1 L
Surface gravity (log g)2.66±0.08 cgs
Temperature4,919±29 K
Metallicity [Fe/H]−0.26±0.03 dex
Rotational velocity (v sin i)<2.0[8] km/s
Age1.61±0.15[9] Gyr
Other designations
π2 Dor, CD−69°392, CPD−69°614, FK5 2495, GC 8390, HD 46116, HIP 30565, HR 2327, SAO 249550[10]
Database references
SIMBADdata

Pi2 Doradus, Latinized from π2 Doradus, is a solitary star[11] located in the southern constellation Doradus. It is faintly visible to the naked eye as a yellow-hued point of light with an apparent magnitude of 5.38.[2] The object is located relatively close at a distance of 277 light-years based on Gaia DR3 parallax measurements, but it is receding with a heliocentric radial velocity of approximately 9.1 km/s.[5] At its current distance, Pi2 Doradus' brightness is diminished by 0.27 magnitudes due to interstellar extinction[12] and it has an absolute magnitude of +0.78.[6]

Pi2 Doradus has a stellar classification of G8 III,[4] indicating that it is an evolved G-type giant star. It is a red clump star that is currently on the horizontal branch—fusing helium at its stellar core.[3] It has 1.8 times the mass of the Sun[7] but, at the age of 1.61 billion years,[9] it has expanded to 9.84 times the radius of the Sun.[7] It radiates 51.1 times the luminosity of the Sun from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 4,919 K[7] Pi2 Doradus is metal deficient with an iron abundance of [Fe/H] = −0.26 or roughly 55% of the Sun's.[7] Like many giant stars Pi2 Doradus spins slowly, having a projected rotational velocity lower than km/s.[8]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Vallenari, A. et al. (2022). "Gaia Data Release 3. Summary of the content and survey properties". Astronomy & Astrophysics. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202243940  Gaia DR3 record for this source at VizieR.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Johnson, H. L.; Mitchell, R. I.; Iriarte, B.; Wisniewski, W. Z. (1966). "UBVRIJKL Photometry of the Bright Stars". Communications of the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory 4: 99–110. Bibcode1966CoLPL...4...99J. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 Laney, C. D.; Joner, M. D.; Pietrzyński, G. (11 November 2011). "A new Large Magellanic Cloud K-band distance from precision measurements of nearby red clump stars". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 419 (2): 1637–1641. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2011.19826.x. ISSN 0035-8711. Bibcode2012MNRAS.419.1637L. 
  4. 4.0 4.1 Houk, N.; Cowley, A. P. (1975). University of Michigan Catalogue of two-dimensional spectral types for the HD stars: Declinations −90° to −53°. 1. Bibcode1975mcts.book.....H. 
  5. 5.0 5.1 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. ISSN 1063-7737. Bibcode2006AstL...32..759G. 
  6. 6.0 6.1 Anderson, E.; Francis, Ch. (May 2012). "XHIP: An extended hipparcos compilation". Astronomy Letters 38 (5): 331–346. doi:10.1134/S1063773712050015. ISSN 1063-7737. Bibcode2012AstL...38..331A. 
  7. 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 Ottoni, G.; Udry, S.; Ségransan, D.; Buldgen, G.; Lovis, C.; Eggenberger, P.; Pezzotti, C.; Adibekyan, V. et al. (January 2022). "CORALIE radial-velocity search for companions around evolved stars (CASCADES): I. Sample definition and first results: Three new planets orbiting giant stars". Astronomy & Astrophysics 657: A87. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202040078. ISSN 0004-6361. Bibcode2022A&A...657A..87O. 
  8. 8.0 8.1 De Medeiros, J. R.; Alves, S.; Udry, S.; Andersen, J.; Nordström, B.; Mayor, M. (January 2014). "A catalog of rotational and radial velocities for evolved stars V: Southern stars *". Astronomy & Astrophysics 561: A126. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201220762. ISSN 0004-6361. Bibcode2014A&A...561A.126D. 
  9. 9.0 9.1 Gomes da Silva, J.; Santos, N. C.; Adibekyan, V.; Sousa, S. G.; Campante, T. L.; Figueira, P.; Bossini, D.; Delgado-Mena, E. et al. (February 2021). "Stellar chromospheric activity of 1674 FGK stars from the AMBRE-HARPS sample. I. A catalogue of homogeneous chromospheric activity". Astronomy & Astrophysics 646: A77. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202039765. ISSN 0004-6361. Bibcode2021A&A...646A..77G. 
  10. "* pi.02 Dor". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=%2A+pi.02+Dor. 
  11. Eggleton, P. P.; Tokovinin, A. A. (11 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. ISSN 0035-8711. Bibcode2008MNRAS.389..869E. 
  12. Gontcharov, George A.; Mosenkov, Aleksandr V. (28 September 2017). "Verifying reddening and extinction for Gaia DR1 TGAS main sequence stars". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 472 (4): 3805–3820. doi:10.1093/mnras/stx2219. ISSN 0035-8711. Bibcode2017MNRAS.472.3805G. 
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