Chi2 Fornacis

For other stars with a similar Bayer designation, see χ Fornacis.
χ2 Fornacis
Location of χ2 Fornacis (circled)
Observation data
Epoch J2000.0      Equinox J2000.0 (ICRS)
Constellation Fornax
Right ascension 03h 27m 33.42119s[1]
Declination −35° 40′ 52.7728″[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) 5.70±0.01[2]
Characteristics
Spectral type K2 III[3]
B−V color index +1.29[4]
Variable type suspected[5]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)30.0±4.3[6] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: +77.064 mas/yr[1]
Dec.: +5.989 mas/yr[1]
Parallax (π)6.8558 ± 0.0446 mas[1]
Distance476 ± 3 ly
(145.9 ± 0.9 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)0.00[7]
Details
Mass1.18[8] M☉
Radius23.58±1.19[9] R☉
Luminosity194+4
−3[1] L☉
Surface gravity (log g)1.83[8] cgs
Temperature4,477±122[10] K
Metallicity [Fe/H]+0.02[11] dex
Rotational velocity (v sin i)<1.0[12] km/s
Other designations
χ2 For, 91 G. Fornacis[13], NSV 15697, CD−36°1306, CPD−36°355, FK5 2244, GC 4129, HD 21574, HIP 16112, HR 1054, SAO 194312, TIC 142889216[14]
Database references
SIMBADdata

Chi2 Fornacis, Latinized from χ2 Fornacis, is a solitary star[15] located in the southern constellation Fornax, the furnace. It is faintly visible to the naked eye as an orange-hued point of light with an apparent magnitude of 5.70. Gaia DR3 parallax measurements imply a distance of 476 light-years and it is currently receding with a heliocentric radial velocity of approximately 30 km/s.[6] At its current distance, Chi2 Fornacis' brightness is diminished by an interstellar extinction of 0.11 magnitudes[16] and it has an absolute magnitude of 0.00.[7]

Chi2 Fornacis is an old-disk star[11] and it has a stellar classification of K2 III.[3] The class indicates that it is an evolved K-type giant that has ceased hydrogen fusion at its core and left the main sequence. It has 118% the mass of the Sun[8] but it has expanded to 23.58 times the radius of the Sun.[9] It radiates 194 times the luminosity of the Sun[1] from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 4,477 K.[10] Chi2 Fornacis is slightly metal enriched with a near-solar iron abundance of [Fe/H] = +0.02.[11] It spins too slowly for its projected rotational velocity to be measured accurately, having a projected rotational velocity lower than 1.0 km/s.[12]

The star was observed to be variable in infrared light during a 1991 IRAS survey for galaxy clusters.[17] However, its variability in optical light is unknown. In addition, subsequent observations have not confirmed the variability in infrared and optical light.[18] The lenticular galaxy NGC 1380 lies 2 degrees north-northeast of Chi2 Fornacis.[19]

References

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  2. ^ Høg, E.; Fabricius, C.; Makarov, V. V.; Urban, S.; Corbin, T.; Wycoff, G.; Bastian, U.; Schwekendiek, P.; Wicenec, A. (March 2000). "The Tycho-2 catalogue of the 2.5 million brightest stars". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 355: L27–L30. Bibcode:2000A&A...355L..27H. ISSN 0004-6361. S2CID 17128864.
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  13. ^ Gould, Benjamin Apthorp (1878). "Uranometria Argentina : brillantez y posicion de las estrellas fijas, hasta la septima magnitud, comprendidas dentro de cien grados del polo austral : con atlas". Resultados del Observatorio Nacional Argentino. 1. Bibcode:1879RNAO....1.....G.
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  15. ^ Eggleton, P. P.; Tokovinin, A. A. (11 September 2008). "A catalogue of multiplicity among bright stellar systems". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 389 (2): 869–879. arXiv:0806.2878. Bibcode:2008MNRAS.389..869E. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2008.13596.x. eISSN 1365-2966. ISSN 0035-8711. S2CID 14878976.
  16. ^ Gontcharov, George A.; Mosenkov, Aleksandr V. (28 September 2017). "Verifying reddening and extinction for Gaia DR1 TGAS main sequence stars". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 472 (4): 3805–3820. arXiv:1709.01160. Bibcode:2017MNRAS.472.3805G. doi:10.1093/mnras/stx2219. eISSN 1365-2966. ISSN 0035-8711. S2CID 118879856.
  17. ^ Wang, G.; Clowes, R. G.; Leggett, S. K.; MacGillivray, H. T.; Savage, A. (1991). "Optical identifications of IRAS point sources: the Fornax, Hydra I and Coma clusters". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 248 (1): 112–127. Bibcode:1991MNRAS.248..112W. doi:10.1093/mnras/248.1.112. ISSN 0035-8711. S2CID 120387905.
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