In the literature, there are two different
stellar classifications for this star: A2 Ib[3] and A6 Ib.[4] In either case it is an
A-typesupergiant star with an estimated age of 30[4] million years and a mass 8.8 times that of the Sun.[4] It shines with a luminosity 5,798 times the Sun's from an
outer atmosphere that has an
effective temperature of 6,372 K.[7] As with other stars of its type, ι2 Scorpii
varies slightly in brightness, showing an
amplitude of 0.05 in magnitude.[11]
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abcdDachs, J.; et al. (November 1982), "UBV-Hβ photometry of luminous stars between l equals 335 deg and l equals 6 deg", Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement Series, 50: 261–275,
Bibcode:
1982A&AS...50..261D.
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abHouk, Nancy (1978), Michigan catalogue of two-dimensional spectral types for the HD stars, vol. 2, Ann Arbor: Dept. of Astronomy, University of Michigan,
Bibcode:
1978mcts.book.....H.
^Evans, D. S. (June 20–24, 1966), Batten, Alan Henry; Heard, John Frederick (eds.), "The Revision of the General Catalogue of Radial Velocities", Determination of Radial Velocities and their Applications, Proceedings from IAU Symposium no. 30, University of Toronto:
International Astronomical Union,
Bibcode:
1967IAUS...30...57E.
^Adelman, S. J.; Albayrak, B. (December 1997), "On the Variability of Early A-Type Supergiants", Information Bulletin on Variable Stars, 4541: 1,
Bibcode:
1997IBVS.4541....1A.
External links
Kaler, James B.,
"Iota-2 Scorpii", Stars, University of Illinois, retrieved 2016-09-20.