Kappa Phoenicis

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Kappa Phoenicis
Location of κ Phoenicis (circled)
Observation data
Epoch J2000      Equinox J2000
Constellation Phoenix
Right ascension 00h 26m 12.20183s[1]
Declination −43° 40′ 47.3929″[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) 3.94[2]
Characteristics
Spectral type A5IVn[3]
U−B color index +0.11[2]
B−V color index +0.17[2]
Distance
77.7 ± 0.3 ly
(23.81 ± 0.09 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)2.05[3]
Details
Myr
HR 100, SAO 215092[8]
Database references
SIMBADdata
ARICNSdata

κ Phoenicis,

light years based on parallax,[1] and it is drifting further away with a radial velocity of +11 km/s.[4] It is a member of the Castor Moving Group of co-moving stars.[10]

This object has a

luminosity of the Sun from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 7,320 K.[6] The star displays an infrared excess that matches the signature of a debris disk orbiting 9 AU from the host star with a temperature of 170 K.[11]

References

  1. ^
    S2CID 18759600. Vizier catalog entry
  2. ^
    Bibcode:2002yCat.2237....0D
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  3. ^
    S2CID 119257644. Vizier catalog entry
  4. ^
    Bibcode:1967IAUS...30...57E
    .
  5. ^
    S2CID 33401607. Vizier catalog entry
  6. ^
    doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201833051. Gaia DR2 record for this source at VizieR
    .
  7. ^
    Bibcode:2005yCat.3244....0G. Vizier catalog entry
  8. ^ "kap Phe". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2019-09-13.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
  9. S2CID 14878976
    .
  10. S2CID 20622147
    .
  11. S2CID 118438871
    . 15.
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