Mu Phoenicis

μ Phoenicis
Location of μ Phoenicis (circled)
Observation data
Epoch J2000      Equinox J2000
Constellation Phoenix
Right ascension 00h 41m 19.55229s[1]
Declination −46° 05′ 06.0184″[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) 4.59[2]
Characteristics
Spectral type G8III[3]
U−B color index +0.72[2]
B−V color index +0.97[2]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)+18.80[4] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: -28.20[1] mas/yr
Dec.: +1.80[1] mas/yr
Parallax (π)13.27 ± 0.23[1] mas
Distance246 ± 4 ly
(75 ± 1 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)0.21[3]
Details
Luminosity96.10[3] L☉
Temperature4,900[5] K
Rotational velocity (v sin i)1.4[6] km/s
Other designations
FK5 1015, GC 823, HIP 3245, HR 180, HD 3919, SAO 215194
Database references
SIMBADdata

Mu Phoenicis (μ Phe) is a class G8III[3] (yellow giant) star in the constellation Phoenix. Its apparent magnitude is 4.59[2] and it is approximately 246 light years away based on parallax.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Van Leeuwen, F. (2007). "Validation of the new Hipparcos reduction". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 474 (2): 653. arXiv:0708.1752. Bibcode:2007A&A...474..653V. doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20078357. Vizier catalog entry
  2. 1 2 3 4 Ducati, J. R. (2002). "VizieR Online Data Catalog: Catalogue of Stellar Photometry in Johnson's 11-color system". CDS/ADC Collection of Electronic Catalogues. 2237. Bibcode:2002yCat.2237....0D.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Anderson, E.; Francis, Ch. (2012). "XHIP: An extended hipparcos compilation". Astronomy Letters. 38 (5): 331. arXiv:1108.4971. Bibcode:2012AstL...38..331A. doi:10.1134/S1063773712050015. Vizier catalog entry
  4. ↑ Evans, D. S. (1967). "The Revision of the General Catalogue of Radial Velocities". Determination of Radial Velocities and their Applications. 30: 57. Bibcode:1967IAUS...30...57E.
  5. ↑ Gontcharov, G. A. (2009). "Red giant clump in the Tycho-2 catalogue". Astronomy Letters. 34 (11): 785. arXiv:1607.00619. Bibcode:2008AstL...34..785G. doi:10.1134/S1063773708110078. Vizier catalog entry
  6. ↑ De Medeiros, J. R.; Alves, S.; Udry, S.; Andersen, J.; Nordström, B.; Mayor, M. (2014). "A catalog of rotational and radial velocities for evolved stars". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 561: A126. arXiv:1312.3474. Bibcode:2014A&A...561A.126D. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201220762. Vizier catalog entry
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