Phi Fornacis
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| Observation data Epoch J2000 Equinox J2000 |
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|---|---|
| Constellation | Fornax |
| Right ascension | 02h 28m 01.70338s [1] |
| Declination | −33° 48′ 39.7450″ [1] |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 5.13 [2] |
| Characteristics | |
| Spectral type | A2.5V [3] |
| B−V color index | +0.08 [2] |
| Astrometry | |
| Radial velocity (Rv) | +19.00[4] km/s |
| Proper motion (μ) | RA: +18.99[2] mas/yr Dec.: +5.13[2] mas/yr |
| Parallax (π) | 21.46 ± 0.27[1] mas |
| Distance | 152 ± 2 ly (46.6 ± 0.6 pc) |
| Absolute magnitude (MV) | 1.79 [5] |
| Other designations | |
| Database references | |
| SIMBAD | data |
Phi Fornacis (φ For) is a class A2.5V[3] (white main-sequence) star in the constellation Fornax. Its apparent magnitude is 5.13[2] and it is approximately 152.0 light years away based on parallax.[1] It shines with a luminosity approximately 16 times that of the Sun and has a surface temperature of 8900 K.[6] It is around 1.6 times as massive as the Sun and there is evidence of a circumstellar disk.[7]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Vizier catalog entry
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Absolute magnitude calculated as
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is the star's absolute magnitude, 
is the star's apparent magnitude, and 
is the star's measured parallax in arcseconds. - ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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