Nu Chamaeleontis
| Observation data Epoch J2000 Equinox ICRS | |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Chamaeleon |
| Right ascension | 09h 46m 20.63010s[1] |
| Declination | −76° 46′ 34.0259″[1] |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 5.43[2] |
| Characteristics | |
| Spectral type | G8III[3] |
| U−B color index | +0.57[4] |
| B−V color index | +0.89[4] |
| Astrometry | |
| Radial velocity (Rv) | 11.18±0.14[5] km/s |
| Proper motion (μ) | RA: +83.013 mas/yr[1] Dec.: −56.328 mas/yr[1] |
| Parallax (π) | 17.1643±0.048 mas[1] |
| Distance | 190.0 ± 0.5 ly (58.3 ± 0.2 pc) |
| Absolute magnitude (MV) | 1.59[2] |
| Details | |
| Mass | 1.64±0.20[2] M☉ |
| Radius | 6.72±0.02[1] R☉ |
| Luminosity | 23.63±0.12[1] L☉ |
| Surface gravity (log g) | +3.07±0.15[2] cgs |
| Temperature | 4,985+5 −4[1] K |
| Rotational velocity (v sin i) | 1.2±1.0[5] km/s |
| Other designations | |
| CPD−76°598, FK5 2784, HD 85396, HIP 47956, HR 3902, SAO 256658[6] | |
| Database references | |
| SIMBAD | data |
Nu Chamaeleontis is a single[7] star in the southern circumpolar constellation of Chamaeleon. Its name is a Bayer designation that is Latinized from ν Chamaeleontis, and abbreviated Nu Cha or ν Cha. This is a yellow-hued star, dimly visible to the naked eye, with an apparent visual magnitude of 5.43.[2] It is located at a distance of 190 light-years (58 pc) from the Sun, based on its parallax,[1] and is drifting further away with a radial velocity of +11 km/s.[5] It has an absolute magnitude of 1.59.[2]
This an aging G-type giant star with a stellar classification of G8III.[3] Having exhausted the supply of hydrogen at its core, it has expanded and cooled off the main sequence; at present it has 6.7[1] times the girth of the Sun. The star has 1.6[2] times the mass of the Sun and is radiating 24 times the Sun's luminosity from its swollen photosphere at an effective temperature of 4,985 K.[1] These coordinates are a source for X-ray emission, which is most likely (99.3% chance) coming from the star.[8]
References
[edit source]- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Vallenari, A.; et al. (Gaia collaboration) (2023). "Gaia Data Release 3. Summary of the content and survey properties". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 674: A1. arXiv:2208.00211. Bibcode:2023A&A...674A...1G. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202243940. S2CID 244398875. Gaia DR3 record for this source at VizieR.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Allende Prieto, C.; Lambert, D. L. (1999). "Fundamental parameters of nearby stars from the comparison with evolutionary calculations: masses, radii and effective temperatures". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 352: 555–562. arXiv:astro-ph/9911002. Bibcode:1999A&A...352..555A.
- 1 2 Houk, N.; Cowley, A. P. (1975). University of Michigan Catalogue of two-dimensional spectral types for the HD stars. Vol. 1. Bibcode:1975mcts.book.....H.
- 1 2 Johnson, H. L. (1966). "UBVRIJKL Photometry of the Bright Stars". Communications of the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory. 4: 99. Bibcode:1966CoLPL...4...99J.
- 1 2 3 de Medeiros, J. R.; et al. (2014). "A catalog of rotational and radial velocities for evolved stars. V. Southern stars". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 561: A126. arXiv:1312.3474. Bibcode:2014A&A...561A.126D. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201220762. S2CID 54046583.
- ↑ "nu. Cha". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2019-09-27.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Haakonsen, Christian Bernt; Rutledge, Robert E. (September 2009). "XID II: Statistical Cross-Association of ROSAT Bright Source Catalog X-ray Sources with 2MASS Point Source Catalog Near-Infrared Sources". The Astrophysical Journal Supplement. 184 (1): 138–151. arXiv:0910.3229. Bibcode:2009ApJS..184..138H. doi:10.1088/0067-0049/184/1/138. S2CID 119267456.
