Eta2 Fornacis
Star in the constellation Fornax
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Eta2 Fornacis (η2 Fornacis) is an orange giant in the constellation of Fornax. The star has a spectral type of K0III and an apparent magnitude of 6.02. The star is visually close to, but unrelated with the similar stars η1 Fornacis and η3 Fornacis.[4] The star is located at approximately 425 light years away, and forms a visual binary system with a 10th magnitude companion.[6]
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| Observation data Epoch J2000.0 Equinox J2000.0 (ICRS) | |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Fornax |
| Right ascension | 02h 50m 14.7837s[1] |
| Declination | −35° 50′ 37.023″[1] |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 5.47[2] |
| Characteristics | |
| Evolutionary stage | red giant branch[1] |
| Spectral type | K0III[3] |
| B−V color index | 0.9[4] |
| Astrometry | |
| Radial velocity (Rv) | 17.30±0.76[1] km/s |
| Proper motion (μ) | RA: +51.003[1] mas/yr Dec.: +18.217[1] mas/yr |
| Parallax (π) | 7.6745±0.1512 mas[1] |
| Distance | 425 ± 8 ly (130 ± 3 pc) |
| Details | |
| Mass | 2.9[1] M☉ |
| Radius | 9.4[1] R☉ |
| Luminosity | 72[1] L☉ |
| Surface gravity (log g) | 2.76[1] cgs |
| Temperature | 5,061[1] K |
| Age | 414[1] Myr |
| Other designations | |
| η2 For, CD−36°1067, HD 17793, HIP 13225, HR 851, SAO 193940[5] | |
| Database references | |
| SIMBAD | data |
