Observation data Epoch J2000.0 Equinox J2000.0 | |
---|---|
Constellation | Corvus |
Right ascension | 12h 23m 21.58766s [1] |
Declination | −24° 50′ 26.4076″ [1] |
Apparent magnitude (V) | 5.66 [2] |
Characteristics | |
Evolutionary stage | giant |
Spectral type | K1 III [3] |
B−V color index | 1.153±0.005 [2] |
Astrometry | |
Radial velocity (Rv) | −2.42±0.15 [1] km/s |
Proper motion (μ) |
RA: −19.328
[1]
mas/
yr Dec.: −20.650 [1] mas/ yr |
Parallax (π) | 9.5644 ± 0.1116 mas [1] |
Distance | 341 ± 4
ly (105 ± 1 pc) |
Absolute magnitude (MV) | 0.63 [2] |
Details | |
Radius | 13.6+0.3 −0.7 [1] R☉ |
Luminosity | 75.5±1.1 [1] L☉ |
Surface gravity (log g) | 1.57 [4] cgs |
Temperature | 4,608 [4] K |
Other designations | |
Database references | |
SIMBAD | data |
6 Corvi is a single [6] star in the southern constellation of Corvus, [5] located 341 light years away from the Sun. [1] It is visible to the naked eye as a faint, orange [7]-hued star with an apparent visual magnitude of 5.66. [2] This object is moving closer to the Earth with a heliocentric radial velocity of −2.4 km/s. [1] It is an evolved giant star with a stellar classification of K1 III. [3] The star has expanded to 13.6 times the Sun's radius and is radiating 75.5 [1] times the luminosity of the Sun from its enlarged photosphere at an effective temperature of 4,608 K. [4]