| Observation data Epoch J2000.0 Equinox J2000.0 ( ICRS) | |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Fornax |
| Right ascension | 02h 12m 54.46962s [1] |
| Declination | −30° 43′ 25.7732″ [1] |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 5.27 [2] |
| Characteristics | |
| Spectral type | A0 V [3] |
| U−B color index | −0.06 [2] |
| B−V color index | −0.02 [2] |
| Astrometry | |
| Radial velocity (Rv) | 10.0±3.7 [4] km/s |
| Proper motion (μ) |
RA: +14.10
[1]
mas/
yr Dec.: +6.85 [1] mas/ yr |
| Parallax (π) | 10.18 ± 0.24 mas [1] |
| Distance | 320 ± 8
ly (98 ± 2 pc) |
| Absolute magnitude (MV) | +0.31 [5] |
| Details | |
| Mass | 3.10 [6] M☉ |
| Radius | 2.5 [7] R☉ |
| Luminosity | 68.7 [8] L☉ |
| Surface gravity (log g) | 3.71±0.14 [6] cgs |
| Temperature | 11,745±399 [6] K |
| Rotational velocity (v sin i) | 320 [3] km/s |
| Age | 188 [6] Myr |
| Other designations | |
| Database references | |
| SIMBAD | data |
μ Fornacis (Latinised as Mu Fornacis) is the Bayer designation for a star in the southern constellation of Fornax. With an apparent visual magnitude of 5.27, [2] it is visible to the naked eye. The distance to this star, as determined by its annual parallax shift of 10.18 mas, [1] is around 320 light years.
This is an A-type main sequence star with a stellar classification of A0 V. [3] It is a Be star that displays "central quasi emission" (CQE) bumps in its spectrum due to a surrounding shell of material. [10] The star has an estimated 3.1 [6] times the mass of the Sun and 2.5 [7] times the Sun's radius. Mu Fornacis is spinning rapidly with a projected rotational velocity of 320 km/s [3] and is around 188 million years old. [6] It radiates 68.7 [8] times the solar luminosity from its outer atmosphere at an effective temperature of 11,745 K. [6]
Mu Fornacis appears to be emitting an infrared excess at a wavelength of 22 μm, which could be due to an orbiting debris disk. [11]
References
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- ^ a b c d Cousins, A. W. J. (1973), "UBV photometry of some southern stars", Monthly Notes of the Astronomical Society of Southern Africa, 32: 11, Bibcode: 1973MNSSA..32...11C.
- ^ a b c d Royer, F.; et al. (February 2007), "Rotational velocities of A-type stars. III. Velocity distributions", Astronomy and Astrophysics, 463 (2): 671–682, arXiv: astro-ph/0610785, Bibcode: 2007A&A...463..671R, doi: 10.1051/0004-6361:20065224, S2CID 18475298.
- ^ de Bruijne, J. H. J.; Eilers, A.-C. (October 2012), "Radial velocities for the HIPPARCOS-Gaia Hundred-Thousand-Proper-Motion project", Astronomy & Astrophysics, 546: 14, arXiv: 1208.3048, Bibcode: 2012A&A...546A..61D, doi: 10.1051/0004-6361/201219219, S2CID 59451347, A61.
- ^ Anderson, E.; Francis, Ch. (2012), "XHIP: An extended hipparcos compilation", Astronomy Letters, 38 (5): 331, arXiv: 1108.4971, Bibcode: 2012AstL...38..331A, doi: 10.1134/S1063773712050015, S2CID 119257644.
- ^ a b c d e f g David, Trevor J.; Hillenbrand, Lynne A. (2015), "The Ages of Early-Type Stars: Strömgren Photometric Methods Calibrated, Validated, Tested, and Applied to Hosts and Prospective Hosts of Directly Imaged Exoplanets", The Astrophysical Journal, 804 (2): 146, arXiv: 1501.03154, Bibcode: 2015ApJ...804..146D, doi: 10.1088/0004-637X/804/2/146, S2CID 33401607.
- ^ a b Pasinetti Fracassini, L. E.; et al. (February 2001), "Catalogue of Apparent Diameters and Absolute Radii of Stars (CADARS) – Third edition – Comments and statistics", Astronomy and Astrophysics, 367 (2): 521–524, arXiv: astro-ph/0012289, Bibcode: 2001A&A...367..521P, doi: 10.1051/0004-6361:20000451, S2CID 425754.
- ^ a b McDonald, I.; et al. (November 2012), "Fundamental parameters and infrared excesses of Hipparcos stars", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 427 (1): 343–357, arXiv: 1208.2037, Bibcode: 2012MNRAS.427..343M, doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2012.21873.x, S2CID 118665352.
- ^ "mu. For – Star", SIMBAD Astronomical Database, Centre de Données astronomiques de Strasbourg, retrieved 2017-01-24.
- ^ Rivinius, Th.; et al. (November 2006), "Bright Be-shell stars", Astronomy and Astrophysics, 459 (1): 137–145, Bibcode: 2006A&A...459..137R, doi: 10.1051/0004-6361:20053008
- ^ Wu, Chao-Jian; et al. (October 2013), "Bright 22 μm Excess Candidates from the Wise All-sky Catalog and the Hipparcos Main Catalog", The Astrophysical Journal Supplement, 208 (2): 12, arXiv: 1308.3848, Bibcode: 2013ApJS..208...29W, doi: 10.1088/0067-0049/208/2/29, S2CID 119218545, 29.
