Lambda Piscis Austrini

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Lambda Piscis Austrini
Diagram showing star positions and boundaries of the Piscis Austrinus constellation and its surroundings
Location of λ Piscis Austrini (circled)
Observation data
ICRS
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Constellation Piscis Austrinus
Right ascension 22h 14m 18.75029s[1]
Declination −27° 46′ 00.8756″[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) +5.42[2]
Characteristics
Spectral type B7 V[3]
B−V color index −0.12[2]
Distance
500 ± 20 ly
(153 ± 5 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)−0.13[5]
Details
Myr
HR 8478, SAO 190985[9]
Database references
SIMBADdata

Lambda Piscis Austrini,

light years from the Sun. At that distance, the visual magnitude of the star is diminished by an extinction factor of 0.16 due to interstellar dust.[5]

This is a

projected rotational velocity of 50 km/s[8] and is 76% of the way through its main sequence lifetime. It is radiating 249 times the solar luminosity from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 12,023 K.[6]

Lambda Piscis Austrini is moving through the Galaxy at a speed of 18.1 km/s relative to the Sun. Its projected Galactic orbit carries it between 23,800 and 29,300 light years from the center of the Galaxy.[11]

Naming

In

Chinese name for λ Piscis Austrini itself is 羽林軍六 (Yǔ Lín Jūn liù, English: the Sixth Star of Palace Guard.)[12]

References