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γ2 Octantis
Observation data
Epoch J2000.0      Equinox J2000.0 (ICRS)
Constellation Octans
Right ascension 23h 57m 32.8617s[1]
Declination −82° 10′ 11.310″[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) 5.72±0.01[2]
Characteristics
Evolutionary stage red clump[3]
Spectral type K0 III[4]
U−B color index +0.92[5]
B−V color index +1.05[5]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)27.2±2.9[6] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: −22.246 mas/yr[1]
Dec.: −23.235 mas/yr[1]
Parallax (π)10.1771±0.0345 mas[1]
Distance320 ± 1 ly
(98.3 ± 0.3 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)+0.87[7]
Details[8]
Mass1.15±0.15 M
Radius10.54±0.28 R
Luminosity52.6±1.3 L
Surface gravity (log g)2.53±0.13 cgs
Temperature4,788±58 K
Metallicity [Fe/H]−0.04±0.04 dex
Rotational velocity (v sin i)2.8±1.1[9] km/s
Other designations
γ2 Oct, 87 G. Octantis, CPD−82°907, HD 224362, HIP 118114, HR 9061, SAO 258996[10][11]
Database references
SIMBADdata

γ2 Octantis, Latinized to Gamma2 Octantis (Gamma2 Oct), is a solitary[12] star in the southern circumpolar constellation Octans. It has an apparent magnitude of 5.72,[2] allowing it to be faintly seen with the naked eye. Parallax measurements place the object at a distance of 320 light years[1] and is currently receding with a heliocentric radial velocity of 27 km/s.[6]

Gamma2 Oct has a stellar classification of K0 III,[4] indicating that it is a red giant. At present it has 115% the mass of the Sun but has expanded to 10.54 times its girth.[8] It shines at 52.6 times the luminosity of the Sun from its enlarged photosphere at an effective temperature of 4,788 K,[8] giving it a yellow-orange glow. Gamma2 Oct has a metallicity around 91% that of the Sun[8] and spins with a projected rotational velocity of about km/s.[9]

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