Delta Fornacis
| Observation data Epoch J2000.0 Equinox J2000.0 (ICRS) | |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Fornax |
| Right ascension | 03h 42m 14.90238s[1] |
| Declination | −31° 56′ 18.0961″[1] |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 5.00[2] |
| Characteristics | |
| Spectral type | B5 III[3] |
| U−B color index | −0.60[2] |
| B−V color index | −0.16[2] |
| Astrometry | |
| Radial velocity (Rv) | +26.00[4] km/s |
| Proper motion (μ) | RA: +4.942[1] mas/yr Dec.: +13.326[1] mas/yr |
| Parallax (π) | 4.1125 ± 0.2114 mas[1] |
| Distance | 790 ± 40 ly (240 ± 10 pc) |
| Absolute magnitude (MV) | −2.07[5] |
| Details | |
| Mass | 5.9±0.2[6] M☉ |
| Radius | 6.0[7] R☉ |
| Luminosity | 1,291[8] L☉ |
| Temperature | 16,230±930[9] K |
| Rotational velocity (v sin i) | 185[10] km/s |
| Age | 63.1±16.1[6] Myr |
| Other designations | |
| Database references | |
| SIMBAD | data |
Delta Fornacis, Latinized from δ Fornacis, is a solitary,[12] blue-white hued star near the middle of the southern constellation of Fornax. With an apparent visual magnitude of 5.00,[2] it is faintly visible to the naked eye at night. The star has an annual parallax shift of 4.1 mas,[1] indicating it lies at a distance of approximately 790 light years from the Sun. It is drifting further away with a radial velocity of +26 km/s.[4]
The stellar classification of Delta Fornacis is B5 III,[3] matching an evolved B-type giant star. It has an angular diameter of 0.215±0.015 mas,[9] which, at the estimated distance of the star, yields a physical size of around 6 times the radius of the Sun.[7] Around 63 million years old,[6] the star is spinning rapidly with a projected rotational velocity of 185 km/s.[10] It has an estimated 5.9[6] times the Sun's mass and radiates 1,291[8] times the solar luminosity from its outer atmosphere at an effective temperature of 16,230 K.[9]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d e f Brown, A. G. A.; et al. (Gaia collaboration) (August 2018). "Gaia Data Release 2: Summary of the contents and survey properties". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 616. A1. arXiv:1804.09365. Bibcode:2018A&A...616A...1G. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201833051. Gaia DR2 record for this source at VizieR.
- ^ a b c d Johnson, H. L.; Iriarte, B.; Mitchell, R. I.; Wisniewskj, W. Z. (1999), "UBVRIJKL photometry of the bright stars", Commission Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, 4: 99, Bibcode:1966CoLPL...4...99J.
- ^ a b Houk, N. (1982), Michigan catalogue of two-dimensional spectral types for the HD stars, vol. 3, Ann Arbor: Dept. of Astronomy, University of Michigan, Bibcode:1982mcts.book.....H.
- ^ a b Kharchenko, N. V.; et al. (2007), "Astrophysical supplements to the ASCC-2.5: Ia. Radial velocities of ˜55000 stars and mean radial velocities of 516 Galactic open clusters and associations", Astronomische Nachrichten, 328 (9): 889, arXiv:0705.0878, Bibcode:2007AN....328..889K, doi:10.1002/asna.200710776, S2CID 119323941.
- ^ Anderson, E.; Francis, Ch. (2012), "XHIP: An extended hipparcos compilation", Astronomy Letters, 38 (5): 331, arXiv:1108.4971, Bibcode:2012AstL...38..331A, doi:10.1134/S1063773712050015, S2CID 119257644.
- ^ a b c d Tetzlaff, N.; et al. (January 2011), "A catalogue of young runaway Hipparcos stars within 3 kpc from the Sun", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 410 (1): 190–200, arXiv:1007.4883, Bibcode:2011MNRAS.410..190T, doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2010.17434.x, S2CID 118629873.
- ^ a b Lang, Kenneth R. (2006), Astrophysical formulae, Astronomy and astrophysics library, vol. 1 (3rd ed.), Birkhäuser, ISBN 3-540-29692-1. The radius (R*) is given by:
- ^ a b McDonald, I.; et al. (2012), "Fundamental Parameters and Infrared Excesses of Hipparcos Stars", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 427 (1): 343–57, arXiv:1208.2037, Bibcode:2012MNRAS.427..343M, doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2012.21873.x, S2CID 118665352.
- ^ a b c Zorec, J.; et al. (2009), "Fundamental parameters of B supergiants from the BCD system. I. Calibration of the (λ_1, D) parameters into Teff", Astronomy and Astrophysics, 501 (1): 297–320, arXiv:0903.5134, Bibcode:2009A&A...501..297Z, doi:10.1051/0004-6361/200811147, S2CID 14969137.
- ^ a b Abt, Helmut A.; et al. (July 2002), "Rotational Velocities of B Stars", The Astrophysical Journal, 573 (1): 359–365, Bibcode:2002ApJ...573..359A, doi:10.1086/340590.
- ^ "del For". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2021-01-17.
- ^ 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, arXiv:0806.2878, Bibcode:2008MNRAS.389..869E, doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2008.13596.x, S2CID 14878976.
