Observation data Epoch J2000 Equinox J2000 | |
---|---|
Constellation | Ophiuchus |
Right ascension | 16h 54m 00.47151s [1] |
Declination | 10° 09′ 55.2982″ [1] |
Apparent magnitude (V) | 4.39 [2] |
Characteristics | |
Evolutionary stage | main sequence [3] |
Spectral type | B8V [4] |
U−B color index | −0.32 [5] |
B−V color index | −0.08 [5] |
Astrometry | |
Radial velocity (Rv) | −19.0±1.6 [6] km/s |
Proper motion (μ) |
RA: −53.80
[1]
mas/
yr Dec.: −34.04 [1] mas/ yr |
Parallax (π) | 13.30 ± 0.22 mas [1] |
Distance | 245 ± 4
ly (75 ± 1 pc) |
Absolute magnitude (MV) | 0.01 [2] |
Details | |
Mass | 3.14±0.03 [3] M☉ |
Radius | 2.8 [7] R☉ |
Luminosity | 141+6 −5 [3] L☉ |
Surface gravity (log g) | 4.03 [8] cgs |
Temperature | 11,220±78 [3] K |
Metallicity [Fe/H] | +0.09 [8] dex |
Rotational velocity (v sin i) | 124 [3] km/s |
Age | 217 [9] Myr |
Other designations | |
Database references | |
SIMBAD | data |
ι Ophiuchi, Latinized as Iota Ophiuchi, is a single [11] star in the equatorial constellation of Ophiuchus, positioned near the constellation border with Hercules. It makes a naked-eye double with nearby Kappa Ophiuchi, [12] appearing as a faint, blue-white hued star with an apparent visual magnitude of 4.39. [2] The star is approximately 245 light years from the Sun based on parallax, [1] but is drifting closer with a radial velocity of −19 km/s. [6]
This object is a B-type main-sequence star with a stellar classification of B8V. [4] It is an estimated 217 [9] million years old with a moderately high rate of spin, showing a projected rotational velocity of 124 km/s. [3] The star has 3.1 [3] times the mass of the Sun and around 2.8 [7] times the Sun's radius. Iota Ophiuchi is radiating 141 [3] times the luminosity of the Sun from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 11,220 K. [3] It displays an infrared excess, suggesting the presence of circumstellar material. [13]
Observation data Epoch J2000 Equinox J2000 | |
---|---|
Constellation | Ophiuchus |
Right ascension | 16h 54m 00.47151s [1] |
Declination | 10° 09′ 55.2982″ [1] |
Apparent magnitude (V) | 4.39 [2] |
Characteristics | |
Evolutionary stage | main sequence [3] |
Spectral type | B8V [4] |
U−B color index | −0.32 [5] |
B−V color index | −0.08 [5] |
Astrometry | |
Radial velocity (Rv) | −19.0±1.6 [6] km/s |
Proper motion (μ) |
RA: −53.80
[1]
mas/
yr Dec.: −34.04 [1] mas/ yr |
Parallax (π) | 13.30 ± 0.22 mas [1] |
Distance | 245 ± 4
ly (75 ± 1 pc) |
Absolute magnitude (MV) | 0.01 [2] |
Details | |
Mass | 3.14±0.03 [3] M☉ |
Radius | 2.8 [7] R☉ |
Luminosity | 141+6 −5 [3] L☉ |
Surface gravity (log g) | 4.03 [8] cgs |
Temperature | 11,220±78 [3] K |
Metallicity [Fe/H] | +0.09 [8] dex |
Rotational velocity (v sin i) | 124 [3] km/s |
Age | 217 [9] Myr |
Other designations | |
Database references | |
SIMBAD | data |
ι Ophiuchi, Latinized as Iota Ophiuchi, is a single [11] star in the equatorial constellation of Ophiuchus, positioned near the constellation border with Hercules. It makes a naked-eye double with nearby Kappa Ophiuchi, [12] appearing as a faint, blue-white hued star with an apparent visual magnitude of 4.39. [2] The star is approximately 245 light years from the Sun based on parallax, [1] but is drifting closer with a radial velocity of −19 km/s. [6]
This object is a B-type main-sequence star with a stellar classification of B8V. [4] It is an estimated 217 [9] million years old with a moderately high rate of spin, showing a projected rotational velocity of 124 km/s. [3] The star has 3.1 [3] times the mass of the Sun and around 2.8 [7] times the Sun's radius. Iota Ophiuchi is radiating 141 [3] times the luminosity of the Sun from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 11,220 K. [3] It displays an infrared excess, suggesting the presence of circumstellar material. [13]