Nu Fornacis, Latinized from ν Fornacis, is a single,[13] variable star in the southern constellation of Fornax. It is blue-white in hue and faintly visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude that fluctuates around 4.69.[3] This body is located approximately 370 light years distant from the Sun based on parallax,[2] and is drifting further away with a radial velocity of +18.5 km/s.[7] It is a candidate member of the Pisces-Eridanus stellar stream, which suggests an age of 120 million years or less.[14]
| Observation data Epoch J2000 Equinox J2000 | |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Fornax |
| Right ascension | 02h 04m 29.43861s[2] |
| Declination | −29° 17′ 48.5477″[2] |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 4.69[3] (4.68 – 4.73[4]) |
| Characteristics | |
| Spectral type | B9.5IIIspSi[5] |
| U−B color index | −0.51[3] |
| B−V color index | −0.17[3] |
| Variable type | α2 CVn[6] |
| Astrometry | |
| Radial velocity (Rv) | +18.50[7] km/s |
| Proper motion (μ) | RA: +12.79[8] mas/yr Dec.: +8.48[8] mas/yr |
| Parallax (π) | 8.79 ± 0.26 mas[2] |
| Distance | 370 ± 10 ly (114 ± 3 pc) |
| Absolute magnitude (MV) | −0.60[9] |
| Details | |
| Mass | 3.65±0.18[10] M☉ |
| Radius | 3.44[11] R☉ |
| Luminosity | 245[10] L☉ |
| Temperature | 13,400[12] K |
| Rotation | 1.89[12] d |
| Rotational velocity (v sin i) | 50±5[12] km/s |
| Other designations | |
| Database references | |
| SIMBAD | data |
This object is an Ap star[15] with a stellar classification of B9.5IIIspSi[5] matching a late B-type giant star. The 'Si' suffix indicates an abundance anomaly of silicon. It is an Alpha2 Canum Venaticorum variable that ranges from magnitude 4.68 down to 4.73 with a period of 1.89 days – the same as its rotational period.[6][12] It is 3.65 times as massive and 245 times as luminous as the Sun,[10] with 3.44 times the Sun's diameter.[11]
References
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- ^ a b Abt, Helmut A.; Morrell, Nidia I. (July 1995). "The relation between Rotational Velocities and Spectral Peculiarities among A-type stars". The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series. 99: 135–172. Bibcode:1995ApJS...99..135A. doi:10.1086/192182.
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- ^ a b Wilson, R. E. (1953). "General Catalogue of Stellar Radial Velocities". Washington. Carnegie Institution of Washington. Bibcode:1953GCRV..C......0W. LCCN 54001336.
- ^ a b c "* nu. For". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2016-04-08.
- ^ 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 North, P. (1998). "Do SI stars undergo any rotational braking?". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 334: 181–87. arXiv:astro-ph/9802286. Bibcode:1998A&A...334..181N.
- ^ a b Shulyak, D.; et al. (2014). "Interferometry of chemically peculiar stars: Theoretical predictions versus modern observing facilities". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 443 (2): 1629. arXiv:1406.6093. Bibcode:2014MNRAS.443.1629S. doi:10.1093/mnras/stu1259.
- ^ a b c d Leone, F.; et al. (2000). "A spectroscopic study of the magnetic chemically peculiar star nu Fornacis". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 359: 635–38. Bibcode:2000A&A...359..635L.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Curtis, Jason L.; et al. (August 2019). "TESS Reveals that the Nearby Pisces─Eridanus Stellar Stream is only 120 Myr Old". The Astronomical Journal. 158 (2): 11. arXiv:1905.10588. Bibcode:2019AJ....158...77C. doi:10.3847/1538-3881/ab2899. S2CID 166228270. 77.
- ^ Chen, P. S.; et al. (May 2017). "A New Photometric Study of Ap and Am Stars in the Infrared". The Astronomical Journal. 153 (5): 28. Bibcode:2017AJ....153..218C. doi:10.3847/1538-3881/aa679a. 218.