Zeta Normae

Kappa Normae
Observation data
Epoch J2000.0      Equinox J2000.0 (ICRS)
Constellation Norma
Right ascension 16h 13m 22.69701s [1]
Declination −55° 32 27.4140 [1]
Apparent magnitude (V) 5.79[1]
Characteristics
Spectral type F2III[1]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)−45.60 ± 4.3[1] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: -99.75[1] mas/yr
Dec.: -42.28[1] mas/yr
Parallax (π)14.98 ± 0.32[2] mas
Distance218 ± 5 ly
(67 ± 1 pc)
Details
Other designations
Zeta Normae, HD 145361, HIP 79497, HR 6019

Zeta Normae (κ Nor) is a star in the constellation Norma. Its apparent magnitude is 5.79.[1] Iit is a yellow-white giant of spectral type F2III that has swollen and cooled off the main sequence.[1] It shines with a luminosity approximately 16 times that of the Sun and has a surface temperature of 6691 K.[3]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 SIMBAD, Zeta Normae (accessed 12 April 2015)
  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.