Pi Chamaeleontis
| Observation data Epoch J2000 Equinox J2000 | |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Chamaeleon |
| Right ascension | 11h 37m 15.63631s[1] |
| Declination | −75° 53′ 47.5626″[1] |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 5.64[2] |
| Characteristics | |
| Spectral type | A9 IV[3] or F1 III[4] |
| U−B color index | −0.01[5] |
| B−V color index | +0.35[5] |
| Astrometry | |
| Radial velocity (Rv) | −9.8 ± 3.7[6] km/s |
| Proper motion (μ) | RA: −127.94[1] mas/yr Dec.: −1.82[1] mas/yr |
| Parallax (π) | 24.09 ± 0.33 mas[1] |
| Distance | 135 ± 2 ly (41.5 ± 0.6 pc) |
| Absolute magnitude (MV) | 2.56[7] |
| Details | |
| Mass | 1.52[8] M☉ |
| Radius | 2.2[9] R☉ |
| Luminosity | 8[9] L☉ |
| Surface gravity (log g) | 4.08[8] cgs |
| Temperature | 6853 ± 80[6] K |
| Metallicity [Fe/H] | -0.28[6] dex |
| Rotational velocity (v sin i) | 50[10] km/s |
| Age | 1.8 ± 0.1[7] Gyr |
| Other designations | |
| Database references | |
| SIMBAD | data |
Pi Chamaeleontis (π Cha) is a star located in the constellation Chamaeleon. Its apparent magnitude is 5.64.[2] Parallax measurements by Hipparcos put the system at 135 light-years (41.5 parsecs) away.[1]
Pi Chamaeleontis is an A-type subgiant[3] or F-type giant star with an effective temperature of about 6,900 K.[6] It has an absolute magnitude of 2.56,[7] a mass of 1.52 M☉,[8] and a radius of 2.2 M☉.[9] It is roughly 1.8 billion years old.[7]
References
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- ^ a b Johnson, H. L. (1966). "UBVRIJKL Photometry of the Bright Stars". Communications of the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory. 4: 99. Bibcode:1966CoLPL...4...99J.
- ^ a b c d Casagrande, L.; Schönrich, R.; Asplund, M.; Cassisi, S.; Ramírez, I.; Meléndez, J.; Bensby, T.; Feltzing, S. (2011). "New constraints on the chemical evolution of the solar neighbourhood and Galactic disc(s). Improved astrophysical parameters for the Geneva-Copenhagen Survey". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 530: A138. arXiv:1103.4651. Bibcode:2011A&A...530A.138C. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201016276.
- ^ a b c d Holmberg, J.; Nordström, B.; Andersen, J. (2009). "The Geneva-Copenhagen survey of the solar neighbourhood". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 501 (3): 941. arXiv:0811.3982. Bibcode:2009A&A...501..941H. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/200811191.
- ^ a b c Lambert, David L.; Reddy, Bacham E. (2004). "Lithium abundances of the local thin disc stars". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 349 (2): 757. arXiv:astro-ph/0401259. Bibcode:2004MNRAS.349..757L. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2004.07557.x.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: unflagged free DOI (link) - ^ a b c Chandler, Colin Orion; McDonald, Iain; Kane, Stephen R. (2016). "The Catalog of Earth-Like Exoplanet Survey Targets (CELESTA): A Database of Habitable Zones Around Nearby Stars". The Astronomical Journal. 151 (3): 59. arXiv:1510.05666. Bibcode:2016AJ....151...59C. doi:10.3847/0004-6256/151/3/59.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: unflagged free DOI (link) - ^ Balachandran, Suchitra (1990). "Lithium depletion and rotation in main-sequence stars". The Astrophysical Journal. 354: 310. Bibcode:1990ApJ...354..310B. doi:10.1086/168691.
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