# Zeta Volantis

Observation data Constellation Epoch J2000.0      Equinox J2000.0 Location of ζ Volantis Volans 07h 41m 49.26100s[1] −72° 36′ 21.9566″[1] 3.93[2] K0 III[3] +1.03[2] Radial velocity (Rv) 48.1±0.7[4] km/s Proper motion (μ) RA: +33.34[1] mas/yr Dec.: +14.89[1] mas/yr Parallax (π) 23.13 ± 0.12[1] mas Distance 141.0 ± 0.7 ly (43.2 ± 0.2 pc) Radius 11[5] R☉ Luminosity 53[6] L☉ Surface gravity (log g) 2.43±0.10[7] cgs Temperature 4,721±57[7] K Metallicity [Fe/H] −0.18±0.05[7] dex ζ Vol, CP−72° 627, FK5 297, HD 63295, HIP 37504, HR 3024, SAO 256438.[8] SIMBAD data

Zeta Volantis (ζ Vol, ζ Volantis) is a binary star[9] system in the southern constellation of Volans. It has an apparent visual magnitude of 3.93,[2] which is bright enough to be seen with the naked eye. Based upon parallax measurements, it is approximately 141 light years from the Sun.[1] The companion is a magnitude 9.7 star at an angular separation of 16.7.[9] Based upon their motion through space, this system made its perihelion passage some 858,000 years ago when it came within 22 ly (6.6 pc) of the Sun.[10] It is currently moving away with a radial velocity of 48 km/s.[4]

The primary component is K-type giant star with a stellar classification of K0 III.[3] It has a derived luminosity of around 53 times that of the Sun.[6] The measured angular diameter of this star is 2.32±0.06 mas.[11] At the estimated distance of Zeta Volantis,[11] this yields a physical size of about 11 times the radius of the Sun.[5] The expanded outer envelope has an effective temperature of 4,721 K,[7] giving it the orange glow of a K-type star.[12]

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{\displaystyle {\begin{aligned}2\cdot R_{*}&={\frac {(43.2\cdot 2.32\cdot 10^{-3})\ {\text{AU}}}{0.0046491\ {\text{AU}}/R_{\bigodot }}}\\&\approx 21.6\cdot R_{\bigodot }\end{aligned}}}
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