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Pi2 Doradus

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π2 Doradus
Location of π2 Doradus on the map (circled)
Observation data
Epoch J2000.0      Equinox J2000.0 (ICRS)
Constellation Dorado
Right ascension 06h 25m 28.63069s[1]
Declination −69° 42′ 25.0800″[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) 5.38[2]
Characteristics
Evolutionary stage horizontal branch[3]
Spectral type G8 III[4]
U−B color index +0.67[2]
B−V color index +0.97[2]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)9.1±2.8[5] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: −12.184 mas/yr[1]
Dec.: +200.786 mas/yr[1]
Parallax (π)11.7563 ± 0.058 mas[1]
Distance277 ± 1 ly
(85.1 ± 0.4 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)+0.78[6]
Details[7]
Mass1.80±0.07 M
Radius9.84±0.16 R
Luminosity51.1±1.1 L
Surface gravity (log g)2.66±0.08 cgs
Temperature4,919±29 K
Metallicity [Fe/H]−0.26±0.03 dex
Rotational velocity (v sin i)<2.0[8] km/s
Age1.61±0.15[9] Gyr
Other designations
π2 Dor, 42 G. Doradus[10], CD−69°392, CPD−69°614, FK5 2495, GC 8390, HD 46116, HIP 30565, HR 2327, SAO 249550, TIC 167126852[11]
Database references
SIMBADdata

Pi2 Doradus, Latinized from π2 Doradus, is a solitary star[12] located in the southern constellation Doradus. It is faintly visible to the naked eye as a yellow-hued point of light with an apparent magnitude of 5.38.[2] The object is located relatively close at a distance of 277 light-years based on Gaia DR3 parallax measurements, but it is receding with a heliocentric radial velocity of approximately 9.1 km/s.[5] At its current distance, Pi2 Doradus' brightness is diminished by 0.27 magnitudes due to interstellar extinction[13] and it has an absolute magnitude of +0.78.[6]

Pi2 Doradus has a stellar classification of G8 III,[4] indicating that it is an evolved G-type giant star. It is a red clump star that is currently on the horizontal branch—fusing helium at its stellar core.[3] It has 1.8 times the mass of the Sun[7] but, at the age of 1.61 billion years,[9] it has expanded to 9.84 times the radius of the Sun.[7] It radiates 51.1 times the luminosity of the Sun from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 4,919 K[7] Pi2 Doradus is metal deficient with an iron abundance of [Fe/H] = −0.26 or roughly 55% of the Sun's.[7] Like many giant stars Pi2 Doradus spins slowly, having a projected rotational velocity lower than km/s.[8]

References

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  2. ^ a b c d Johnson, H. L.; Mitchell, R. I.; Iriarte, B.; Wisniewski, W. Z. (1966). "UBVRIJKL Photometry of the Bright Stars". Communications of the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory. 4: 99–110. Bibcode:1966CoLPL...4...99J.
  3. ^ a b Laney, C. D.; Joner, M. D.; Pietrzyński, G. (11 November 2011). "A new Large Magellanic Cloud K-band distance from precision measurements of nearby red clump stars". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 419 (2): 1637–1641. arXiv:1109.4800. Bibcode:2012MNRAS.419.1637L. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2011.19826.x. ISSN 0035-8711. S2CID 117788450.
  4. ^ a b Houk, N.; Cowley, A. P. (1975). University of Michigan Catalogue of two-dimensional spectral types for the HD stars: Declinations −90° to −53°. Vol. 1. Bibcode:1975mcts.book.....H.
  5. ^ a b Gontcharov, G. A. (November 2006). "Pulkovo Compilation of Radial Velocities for 35,495 Hipparcos stars in a common system". Astronomy Letters. 32 (11): 759–771. arXiv:1606.08053. Bibcode:2006AstL...32..759G. doi:10.1134/S1063773706110065. eISSN 1562-6873. ISSN 1063-7737. S2CID 119231169.
  6. ^ a b Anderson, E.; Francis, Ch. (May 2012). "XHIP: An extended hipparcos compilation". Astronomy Letters. 38 (5): 331–346. arXiv:1108.4971. Bibcode:2012AstL...38..331A. doi:10.1134/S1063773712050015. eISSN 1562-6873. ISSN 1063-7737. S2CID 119257644.
  7. ^ a b c d e Ottoni, G.; Udry, S.; Ségransan, D.; Buldgen, G.; Lovis, C.; Eggenberger, P.; Pezzotti, C.; Adibekyan, V.; Marmier, M.; Mayor, M.; Santos, N. C.; Sousa, S. G.; Lagarde, N.; Charbonnel, C. (January 2022). "CORALIE radial-velocity search for companions around evolved stars (CASCADES): I. Sample definition and first results: Three new planets orbiting giant stars". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 657: A87. arXiv:2201.01528. Bibcode:2022A&A...657A..87O. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202040078. eISSN 1432-0746. ISSN 0004-6361. S2CID 245440163.
  8. ^ a b De Medeiros, J. R.; Alves, S.; Udry, S.; Andersen, J.; Nordström, B.; Mayor, M. (January 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. eISSN 1432-0746. ISSN 0004-6361. S2CID 54046583.
  9. ^ a b Gomes da Silva, J.; Santos, N. C.; Adibekyan, V.; Sousa, S. G.; Campante, T. L.; Figueira, P.; Bossini, D.; Delgado-Mena, E.; Monteiro, M. J. P. F. G.; de Laverny, P.; Recio-Blanco, A.; Lovis, C. (February 2021). "Stellar chromospheric activity of 1674 FGK stars from the AMBRE-HARPS sample. I. A catalogue of homogeneous chromospheric activity". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 646: A77. arXiv:2012.10199. Bibcode:2021A&A...646A..77G. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202039765. eISSN 1432-0746. ISSN 0004-6361. S2CID 229331727.
  10. ^ Gould, Benjamin Apthorp (1878). "Uranometria Argentina : brillantez y posicion de las estrellas fijas, hasta la septima magnitud, comprendidas dentro de cien grados del polo austral : con atlas". Resultados del Observatorio Nacional Argentino. 1. Bibcode:1879RNAO....1.....G.
  11. ^ "* pi.02 Dor". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved September 28, 2023.
  12. ^ Eggleton, P. P.; Tokovinin, A. A. (11 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. eISSN 1365-2966. ISSN 0035-8711. S2CID 14878976.
  13. ^ Gontcharov, George A.; Mosenkov, Aleksandr V. (28 September 2017). "Verifying reddening and extinction for Gaia DR1 TGAS main sequence stars". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 472 (4): 3805–3820. arXiv:1709.01160. Bibcode:2017MNRAS.472.3805G. doi:10.1093/mnras/stx2219. eISSN 1365-2966. ISSN 0035-8711. S2CID 118879856.