Observation data Epoch J2000 Equinox J2000 | |
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Constellation | Octans |
Right ascension | 00h 01m 35.70158s [1] |
Declination | −77° 03′ 56.6092″ [1] |
Apparent magnitude (V) | 4.78 [2] |
Characteristics | |
Spectral type | K3III [3] |
U−B color index | +1.41 [4] |
B−V color index | +1.27 [4] |
Astrometry | |
Radial velocity (Rv) | +22.48±0.17 [5] km/s |
Proper motion (μ) |
RA: −57.30
[1]
mas/
yr Dec.: −177.06 [1] mas/ yr |
Parallax (π) | 15.02 ± 0.18 mas [1] |
Distance | 217 ± 3
ly (66.6 ± 0.8 pc) |
Absolute magnitude (MV) | 0.66 [2] |
Details | |
Mass | 1.20 [6] M☉ |
Radius | 15.84+0.42 −1.02 [5] R☉ |
Luminosity | 79.2±1.5 [5] L☉ |
Surface gravity (log g) | 2.16 [6] cgs |
Temperature | 4,325+147 −55 [5] K |
Rotational velocity (v sin i) | < 1.0 [7] km/s |
Other designations | |
Database references | |
SIMBAD | data |
θ Octantis, Latinized as Theta Octantis, is a single [9] star in the southern circumpolar constellation of Octans, near the constellation border with Hydrus. It is visible to the naked eye as a faint, orange-hued star with an apparent visual magnitude of 4.78. [2] The star is located approximately 217 light years from the Sun based on parallax, [1] and is drifting further away with a radial velocity of +22.5 km/s. [5]
This is an aging giant star with a stellar classification of K3III, [3] having exhausted the supply of hydrogen at its core then cooled and expanded. It has been catalogued as a red clump giant, [10] which would indicate it is on the horizontal branch and is undergoing core helium fusion. At present it has 16 [5] times the radius of the Sun. This star has 1.20 [6] times the mass of the Sun and is radiating 79 [5] times the Sun's luminosity from its enlarged photosphere at an effective temperature of 4,325 K. [5]
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Observation data Epoch J2000 Equinox J2000 | |
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Constellation | Octans |
Right ascension | 00h 01m 35.70158s [1] |
Declination | −77° 03′ 56.6092″ [1] |
Apparent magnitude (V) | 4.78 [2] |
Characteristics | |
Spectral type | K3III [3] |
U−B color index | +1.41 [4] |
B−V color index | +1.27 [4] |
Astrometry | |
Radial velocity (Rv) | +22.48±0.17 [5] km/s |
Proper motion (μ) |
RA: −57.30
[1]
mas/
yr Dec.: −177.06 [1] mas/ yr |
Parallax (π) | 15.02 ± 0.18 mas [1] |
Distance | 217 ± 3
ly (66.6 ± 0.8 pc) |
Absolute magnitude (MV) | 0.66 [2] |
Details | |
Mass | 1.20 [6] M☉ |
Radius | 15.84+0.42 −1.02 [5] R☉ |
Luminosity | 79.2±1.5 [5] L☉ |
Surface gravity (log g) | 2.16 [6] cgs |
Temperature | 4,325+147 −55 [5] K |
Rotational velocity (v sin i) | < 1.0 [7] km/s |
Other designations | |
Database references | |
SIMBAD | data |
θ Octantis, Latinized as Theta Octantis, is a single [9] star in the southern circumpolar constellation of Octans, near the constellation border with Hydrus. It is visible to the naked eye as a faint, orange-hued star with an apparent visual magnitude of 4.78. [2] The star is located approximately 217 light years from the Sun based on parallax, [1] and is drifting further away with a radial velocity of +22.5 km/s. [5]
This is an aging giant star with a stellar classification of K3III, [3] having exhausted the supply of hydrogen at its core then cooled and expanded. It has been catalogued as a red clump giant, [10] which would indicate it is on the horizontal branch and is undergoing core helium fusion. At present it has 16 [5] times the radius of the Sun. This star has 1.20 [6] times the mass of the Sun and is radiating 79 [5] times the Sun's luminosity from its enlarged photosphere at an effective temperature of 4,325 K. [5]
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