List of stars in Fornax

This is the list of notable stars in the constellation Fornax, sorted by decreasing brightness.

Notes

α For

α

20010

14879

03^h 12^m 04.28^s

−28° 59′ 20.8″

3.85

3.05

46

F8V

12 Eri, Dalim, Fornacis; binary star; component B is a suspected variable, V_max = 6^m, V_min = 8^m

β For

β

17652

13147

02^h 49^m 05.36^s

−32° 24′ 22.6″

4.45

0.88

169

G8III

double star

ν For

ν

12767

9677

02^h 04^m 29.43^s

−29° 17′ 48.6″

4.68

−0.54

361

B9.5p (Si)

α² CVn variable, V_max = 4.68^m, V_min = 4.73^m, P = 1.89 d

ω For

ω

16046

11918

02^h 33^m 50.71^s

−28° 13′ 56.4″

4.96

−0.76

453

B9V

double star

δ For

δ

23227

17304

03^h 42^m 14.90^s

−31° 56′ 18.2″

4.99

−1.77

733

B5III

φ For

φ

15427

11477

02^h 28^m 01.69^s

−33° 48′ 39.8″

5.13

1.78

153

A2/A3V

κ For

κ

14802

11072

02^h 22^m 32.42^s

−23° 48′ 58.7″

5.19

3.48

71

G2V

spectroscopic binary

μ For

μ

13709

10320

02^h 12^m 54.46^s

−30° 43′ 25.8″

5.27

0.23

332

A0V

π For

π

12438

9440

02^h 01^m 14.80^s

−30° 00′ 05.6″

5.34

0.68

278

G8III

γ² For

γ²

17729

13202

02^h 49^m 54.15^s

−27° 56′ 31.3″

5.39

−0.76

554

A1V

η³ For

η³

17829

13265

02^h 50^m 40.40^s

−35° 40′ 32.6″

5.48

−0.58

531

K2III

ρ For

ρ

23940

17738

03^h 47^m 56.02^s

−30° 10′ 02.4″

5.52

0.83

282

G6III

suspected variable, V_max = 5.45^m, V_min = 5.55^m

AI For

AI

20729

15479

03^h 19^m 34.90^s

−24° 07′ 22.2″

5.63

−2.15

1173

M1III

semiregular variable

ζ For

ζ

18692

13942

02^h 59^m 36.07^s

−25° 16′ 27.6″

5.69

3.14

105

F3V

binary star

χ² For

χ²

21574

16112

03^h 27^m 33.37^s

−35° 40′ 52.8″

5.71

−0.06

464

K2III

suspected variable

ι¹ For

ι¹

16307

12122

02^h 36^m 09.28^s

−30° 02′ 41.9″

5.74

−0.76

649

G8/K0III

λ² For

λ²

16417

12186

02^h 36^m 58.62^s

−34° 34′ 38.4″

5.78

3.74

83

G1V

has a planet (b)

ι² For

ι²

16538

12288

02^h 38^m 18.60^s

−30° 11′ 38.0″

5.84

3.08

116

F5V

ε For

ε

18907

14086

03^h 01^m 37.45^s

−28° 05′ 25.7″

5.88

3.47

99

G8/K0V

λ¹ For

λ¹

15975

11867

02^h 33^m 07.04^s

−34° 38′ 59.7″

5.91

0.58

380

K0/K1III

σ For

σ

23738

17618

03^h 46^m 27.42^s

−29° 20′ 17.4″

5.91

0.89

329

A2V

η² For

η²

17793

13225

02^h 50^m 14.75^s

−35° 50′ 37.3″

5.92

−0.01

500

K0III

double star

ψ For

ψ

18149

13473

02^h 53^m 34.35^s

−38° 26′ 13.5″

5.93

2.06

194

F5V

HD 20606

20606

15357

03^h 18^m 02.49^s

−28° 47′ 49.3″

5.93

1.97

202

F3V+...

HD 21430

21430

16029

03^h 26^m 22.52^s

−27° 19′ 03.4″

5.93

0.31

434

K0III

HD 16975

16975

12608

02^h 42^m 06.59^s

−38° 23′ 01.4″

5.99

0.66

380

G8III

τ For

τ

22789

17007

03^h 38^m 47.66^s

−27° 56′ 35.2″

6.01

0.47

417

A0V

HD 11643

11643

8820

01^h 53^m 23.08^s

−38° 35′ 40.9″

6.09

0.77

378

K1/K2III

HD 15471

15471

11524

02^h 28^m 35.46^s

−31° 06′ 08.6″

6.11

0.83

370

K2IIICN...

γ¹ For

γ¹

17713

13197

02^h 49^m 50.99^s

−24° 33′ 36.0″

6.14

0.91

363

K0III

multiple star

HD 18650

18650

13907

02^h 59^m 06.49^s

−28° 54′ 25.5″

6.14

1.05

339

K1III

HD 20176

20176

15024

03^h 13^m 37.94^s

−29° 48′ 14.8″

6.17

0.46

452

K1IICN...

HD 19545

19545

14551

03^h 07^m 50.80^s

−27° 49′ 52.0″

6.18

2.38

188

A3V

HD 22262

22262

16628

03^h 33^m 56.81^s

−31° 04′ 49.1″

6.20

3.06

138

F5V

double star

HD 17168

17168

12786

02^h 44^m 20.52^s

−32° 31′ 28.8″

6.21

1.06

349

A1V

HD 20293

20293

15125

03^h 15^m 00.28^s

−26° 06′ 01.5″

6.25

0.12

548

A1V

HD 15889

15889

11802

02^h 32^m 14.72^s

−36° 25′ 38.4″

6.28

0.73

421

K0III

HD 18466

18466

13768

02^h 57^m 12.91^s

−29° 51′ 19.0″

6.29

0.49

471

A2/A3V:+...

HD 20144

20144

14972

03^h 13^m 01.49^s

−35° 56′ 37.3″

6.29

0.45

479

B9IV/V

suspected variable

HD 12596

12596

9562

02^h 02^m 51.76^s

−23° 53′ 11.6″

6.30

−1.04

959

K2III

HD 18735

18735

13947

02^h 59^m 38.30^s

−32° 30′ 26.0″

6.32

0.81

413

A0V

HD 11050

11050

8369

01^h 47^m 47.77^s

−37° 09′ 34.3″

6.33

0.17

557

K0III

HD 14412

14412

10798

02^h 18^m 58.65^s

−25° 56′ 48.4″

6.33

5.81

41

G8V

HD 11183

11183

8480

01^h 49^m 19.36^s

−31° 04′ 20.7″

6.35

0.68

444

K2/K3III

suspected variable

HD 20980

20980

15700

03^h 22^m 16.28^s

−25° 35′ 16.1″

6.36

0.66

450

A1V

HD 11262

11262

8514

01^h 49^m 48.86^s

−38° 24′ 12.5″

6.37

4.20

88

F6V

double star

HD 12135

12135

9207

01^h 58^m 26.68^s

−33° 04′ 00.3″

6.37

1.24

346

K0III

double star

HD 10863

10863

8233

01^h 46^m 00.99^s

−27° 20′ 55.4″

6.38

3.20

141

F2V

HD 17926

17926

13363

02^h 51^m 56.16^s

−30° 48′ 53.2″

6.38

3.85

105

F6V

HD 21997

21997

16449

03^h 31^m 53.61^s

−25° 36′ 50.8″

6.38

2.04

241

A3IV/V

χ¹ For

χ¹

21423

15987

03^h 25^m 55.82^s

−35° 55′ 15.1″

6.39

1.39

326

A1IV

variable

HD 22322

22322

16672

03^h 34^m 33.58^s

−31° 52′ 29.3″

6.39

−1.75

1381

K3III

double star; suspected variable

HD 12563

12563

9521

02^h 02^m 28.27^s

−29° 39′ 56.4″

6.40

0.69

452

A3III

HD 20853

20853

15585

03^h 20^m 45.18^s

−26° 36′ 23.6″

6.40

2.97

158

F7V

HD 18546

18546

13789

02^h 57^m 32.63^s

−38° 11′ 27.4″

6.41

1.18

362

A0Vn

HD 14988

14988

11212

02^h 24^m 20.10^s

−25° 50′ 51.0″

6.45

0.37

536

K3III

HD 14890

14890

11121

02^h 23^m 06.60^s

−37° 34′ 33.8″

6.47

−1.31

1173

K2III

variable star, ΔV = 0.011^m, P = 4.12950 d

HD 13305

13305

10069

02^h 09^m 34.82^s

−24° 20′ 44.5″

6.48

2.51

203

F0IV/V

HD 16589

16589

12300

02^h 38^m 24.75^s

−37° 59′ 25.4″

6.48

2.84

174

F6V

spectroscopic binary

HD 22333

22333

16697

03^h 34^m 52.37^s

−25° 34′ 58.5″

6.48

0.16

599

K0III

χ³ For

χ³

21635

16156

03^h 28^m 11.50^s

−35° 51′ 12.3″

6.49

1.26

362

A1V

double star

TY For

TY

15634

11644

02^h 30^m 13.67^s

−25° 11′ 11.5″

6.50

1.36

347

A9V:n

δ Sct variable; V_max = 6.49^m, V_min = 6.51^m, P = 0.05 d

η¹ For

η¹

17528

13040

02^h 47^m 33.78^s

−35° 33′ 01.9″

6.51

0.12

619

K0/K1III

TZ For

TZ

20301

15092

03^h 14^m 40.09^s

−35° 33′ 27.6″

6.89

567

F7III+G8III

Algol variable; V_max = 6.84^m, V_min = 7.05^m, P = 75.6675 d

HD 20782

20782

15527

03^h 20^m 03.58^s

−28° 51′ 14.7″

7.38

4.60

117

G3V

has a planet (b)

R For

R

11582

02^h 29^m 15.31^s

−26° 05′ 55.7″

7.50

2250

C...

Mira variable; V_max = 7.5^m, V_min = 13.0^m, P = 386 d

UX For

UX

17084

12716

02^h 43^m 35.57^s

−37° 55′ 42.5″

8.10

132.6

G6V+...

RS CVn variable; V_max = 7.97^m, V_min = 8.11^m, P = 0.956 d

HD 20781

20781

15526

03^h 20^m 03^s

−28° 47′ 02″

8.44

115

G9.5V

has two planets (b & c)

AK For

AK

21703

16247

03^h 29^m 23^s

−24° 06′ 04″

9.14

101.6

K3V

low-mass eclipsing and spectroscopic binary ; V_max = 9.14^m, V_min = 9.55^m, P = 3.9809913 d

WASP-72

02^h 44^m 9.6^s

−30° 10′ 09″

9.6

F7

has a planet (b)

HD 20868

20868

15578

03^h 20^m 42.69^s

−33° 43′ 48.4″

9.92

6.47

159

K3/4IV

has a planet (b)

HIP 13044

13044

02^h 47^m 37^s

−36° 06′ 27″

9.94

2286

F2

thought to have a planet (b), later disproven

UZ For

UZ

03^h 35^m 28.64^s

−25° 44′ 21.8″

18.2

M4.5

AM Her variable and eclipsing binary; V_max = 17.0^m, V_min = 20.9^m, P = 0.0878654325 d

LP 944-20

03^h 39^m 35.22^s

−35° 25′ 44.09″

18.69

20.9

M9

brown dwarf

UDF 2457

03^h 32^m 38.79^s

−27° 48′ 10.0″

25

59000

MV

one of the most distant stars known in the Milky Way

Table legend:

• Name = Proper name.
• B = Bayer designation.
• F or/and G. = Flamsteed designation or Gould designation
• Var = Variable star designation
• HD = Henry Draper Catalogue designation number
• HIP = Hipparcos Catalogue designation number
• RA = Right ascension for the Epoch/Equinox J2000.0
• Dec = Declination for the Epoch/Equinox J2000.0

• vis. mag. = visual magnitude (m or m_v), also known as apparent magnitude
• abs. mag. = absolute magnitude (M_v)
• Dist. (ly) = Distance in light years from Earth
• Sp. class = Spectral class of the star in the stellar classification system
• Notes = Common name(s) or alternate name(s); comments; notable properties [for example: multiple star status, range of variability if it is a variable star, exoplanets, etc.]

References

ESA (1997). "The Hipparcos and Tycho Catalogues". Retrieved 2006-12-26.
Kostjuk, N. D. (2002). "HD-DM-GC-HR-HIP-Bayer-Flamsteed Cross Index". Retrieved 2006-12-26.
Roman, N. G. (1987). "Identification of a Constellation from a Position". Retrieved 2006-12-26.
"SIMBAD Astronomical Database". Centre de Données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2007-01-04.
Samus, N. N.; Durlevich, O. V.; et al. (2004). "Combined General Catalogue of Variable Stars (GCVS4.2)". Retrieved 2007-01-03.
Gould, B. A. "Uranometria Argentina". Reprinted and updated by Pilcher, F. Archived from the original on 2012-02-27. Retrieved 2010-07-16.
"AAVSO Website". American Association of Variable Star Observers. Retrieved 9 March 2014.

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Stars of Fornax
Bayer	α (Dalim) β γ¹ γ² δ ε ζ η¹ η² η³ ι¹ ι² κ λ¹ λ² μ ν π ρ σ τ υ φ χ¹ χ² χ³ ψ ω
Variable	R TY TZ UX UZ AI
HR	517 528 532 535 554 576 606 630 683 700 703 727 742 780 805 817 858 884 893 900 903 943 970 974 980 993 1013 1018 1045 1082 1093 1095
HD	12596 20781 20782 20868 22333
Other	HIP 13044 LP 944-20 2MASS J02431371-2453298 UDF 19 UDF 366 UDF 2457
List

List of stars in Fornax

See also

References