Eta Volantis
Eta Volantis
Main page
1941533

Eta Volantis

logo
Community Hub0 subscribers
from Wikipedia
η Volantis
Location of η Volantis.
Observation data
Epoch J2000.0      Equinox ICRS
Constellation Volans
Right ascension 08h 22m 04.45155s[1]
Declination −73° 23′ 59.9258″[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) 5.28±0.01
Characteristics
Evolutionary stage main sequence[2]
Spectral type A0/1 IV/V[3]
B−V color index +0.01[4]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)+20.0±3.7[5] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: −29.432[1] mas/yr
Dec.: +29.926[1] mas/yr
Parallax (π)8.4310±0.0887 mas[1]
Distance387 ± 4 ly
(119 ± 1 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)−0.06[6]
Details
Mass2.73±0.08[7] M
Radius3.78±0.12[8] R
Luminosity84[9] L
Surface gravity (log g)3.81±0.04[7] cgs
Temperature9,789±427[10] K
Rotational velocity (v sin i)214[11] km/s
Age347[7] Myr
Other designations
η Vol, CPD−72°694, FK5 2653, HD 71576, HIP 41003, HR 3334, SAO 256505[12]
Database references
SIMBADdata

Eta Volantis, Latinized from η Volantis, is a single star[13] in the southern constellation of Volans. It has an apparent visual magnitude of 5.28,[14] which is bright enough to be seen with the naked eye as a dim, white-hued star. Based upon parallax measurements, it is approximately 387 light years from the Sun. The star is moving further away from the Sun with a radial velocity of 20 km/s.[5]

This is an A-type star with a stellar classification of A0/1 IV/V,[3] displaying blended spectrum that shows aspects of a main sequence star and a subgiant. Stellar evolution models from Zorec and Royer (2012) place it on the main sequence turnoff, having completed 90.7% of its time on the main sequence.[2] The star is estimated to be 347 million years old[7] and is spinning rapidly with a projected rotational velocity of 214 km/s.[11] It has 2.73 times the mass of the Sun[7] and 3.43 times the Sun's radius.[8] Eta Volantis is radiating 84[9] times the luminosity of the Sun from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 9,789 K.[10]

Eta Volantis has two 12th magnitude optical companions at angular separations of 26.8 and 48.1 arcseconds.[15]

References

[edit]
Revisions and contributorsEdit on WikipediaRead on Wikipedia
User Avatar
No comments yet.