Zeta Pictoris
| Observation data Epoch J2000.0 Equinox J2000.0 (ICRS) | |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Pictor |
| Right ascension | 05h 19 22.13548m [1] |
| Declination | −50° 36′ 21.4820″[1] |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | +5.43[2] |
| Characteristics | |
| Spectral type | F6 IV[3] |
| U−B color index | +0.01[2] |
| B−V color index | +0.52[2] |
| Astrometry | |
| Radial velocity (Rv) | +43.8±0.2[4] km/s |
| Proper motion (μ) | RA: +23.64[1] mas/yr Dec.: +227.43[1] mas/yr |
| Parallax (π) | 28.00 ± 0.23 mas[1] |
| Distance | 116.5 ± 1.0 ly (35.7 ± 0.3 pc) |
| Absolute magnitude (MV) | 2.65±0.04[5] |
| Details[6] | |
| Mass | 1.39 M☉ |
| Radius | 5.3[7] R☉ |
| Surface gravity (log g) | 4.07±0.07 cgs |
| Temperature | 6,411±56 K |
| Metallicity [Fe/H] | 0.07 dex |
| Rotational velocity (v sin i) | 5.6±1.0[8] km/s |
| Age | 2.6 Gyr |
| Other designations | |
| Database references | |
| SIMBAD | data |
ζ Pictoris, Latinised as Zeta Pictoris, is a solitary[10] star in the southern constellation of Pictor. It is visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of +5.43.[2] Based upon an annual parallax shift of 28.00 mas as seen from the Earth,[1] the system is located 116.5 light years from the Sun.
This is an evolving F-type subgiant star with a stellar classification of F6 IV.[3] It is a thin disk[11] star with an estimated 1.4[6] times the mass of the Sun and about 5.3[7] times the Sun's radius. At the age of 2.6[6] billion years, Zeta Pictoris is spinning with a projected rotational velocity of 5.6 km/s.[8]
References
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- ^ Soubiran, C.; Girard, P. (July 2005), "Abundance trends in kinematical groups of the Milky Way's disk", Astronomy and Astrophysics, 438 (1): 1391–51, arXiv:astro-ph/0503498, Bibcode:2005A&A...438..139S, doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20042390, S2CID 42282870.
- ^ a b c Bensby, T.; et al. (2014), "Exploring the Milky Way stellar disk. A detailed elemental abundance study of 714 F and G dwarf stars in the solar neighbourhood", Astronomy & Astrophysics, 562 (A71): 28, arXiv:1309.2631, Bibcode:2014A&A...562A..71B, doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201322631, S2CID 118786105.
- ^ a b Pasinetti Fracassini, L. E.; et al. (February 2001), "Catalogue of Apparent Diameters and Absolute Radii of Stars (CADARS)", Astronomy and Astrophysics, 367 (Third ed.): 521–524, arXiv:astro-ph/0012289, Bibcode:2001A&A...367..521P, doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20000451, S2CID 425754.
- ^ a b De Medeiros, J. R.; Mayor, M. (1999), "A catalog of rotational and radial velocities for evolved stars", Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement Series, 139 (3): 433, arXiv:astro-ph/0608248, Bibcode:1999A&AS..139..433D, doi:10.1051/aas:1999401.
- ^ "zet Pic". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2017-06-22.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Bensby, T.; Feltzing, S. (April 2006), "The origin and chemical evolution of carbon in the Galactic thin and thick discs*" (PDF), Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 367 (3): 1181–1193, arXiv:astro-ph/0601130, Bibcode:2006MNRAS.367.1181B, doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2006.10037.x, hdl:2027.42/74854, S2CID 7771039.
