2 Piscis Austrini

2 Piscis Austrini
Observation data
Epoch J2000.0      Equinox J2000.0 (ICRS)
Constellation Microscopium
Right ascension 21h 06m 24.67728s [1]
Declination −32° 20 29.8240 [1]
Apparent magnitude (V) 5.20
Characteristics
Spectral type K3III
Astrometry
Parallax (π)9.94 ± 0.24[2] mas
Distance328 ± 8 ly
(101 ± 2 pc)
Other designations
2 Piscis Austrini, HD 200763, HIP 104174, HR 8076, SAO 212716

2 Piscis Austrini (2 PsA), also known as HR 8076, is an orange giant star located approximately 328 light years away in the constellation Microscopium, despite its Flamsteed designation. Its apparent magnitude is 5.20.[1] It shines with a luminosity approximately 97 times that of the Sun and has a surface temperature of 4831 K.[3]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 SIMBAD, HD 200763 (accessed 3 July 2014)
  2. van Leeuwen, F. (2007). "Validation of the New Hipparcos Reduction". Astronomy and Astrophysics 474 (2): 653–64. arXiv:0708.1752. Bibcode:2007A&A...474..653V. doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20078357.
  3. McDonald, I.; Zijlstra, A. A.; Boyer, M. L. (2012). "Fundamental Parameters and Infrared Excesses of Hipparcos Stars". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 427 (1): 343–57. Bibcode:2012MNRAS.427..343M.