Phi Fornacis
| Observation data Epoch J2000.0 Equinox J2000.0 (ICRS) | |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Fornax |
| Right ascension | 2h 28m 2s [1] |
| Declination | −33° 48′ 40″ [1] |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 5.13 [1] |
| Absolute magnitude (V) | 1.79 [1] |
| Distance | 152.0 ± 1.9 [1] ly (46.6 ± 0.6 [1] pc) |
| Spectral type | A2.5V [1] |
| Other designations | |
Phi Fornacis is a class A2.5V star in the constellation Fornax. Its apparent magnitude is 5.13 and it is approximately 152.0 light years away based on parallax. It shines with a luminosity approximately 16 times that of the Sun and has a surface temperature of 8900 K.[2] It is around 1.6 times as massive as the Sun and there is evidence of a circumstellar disk.[3]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 SIMBAD, HD 15427 (accessed 18 September 2015)
- ↑ 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. arXiv:1208.2037. Bibcode:2012MNRAS.427..343M. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2012.21873.x.
- ↑ Chen, Christine H.; Mittal, Tushar; Kuchner, Marc; Forrest, William J.; Lisse, Carey M.; Manoj, P.; Sargent, Benjamin A.; Watson, Dan M. (2014). "The Spitzer Infrared Spectrograph Debris Disk Catalog. I. Continuum Analysis of Unresolved Targets". The Astrophysical Journal Supplement 211 (2): 22. Bibcode:2014ApJS..211...25C. doi:10.1088/0067-0049/211/2/25. 25.
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