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Zeta Octantis

ζ Octantis
Location of ζ Octantis (circled)
Observation data
Epoch J2000.0      Equinox J2000.0 (ICRS)
Constellation Octans
Right ascension 08h 56m 40.97572s[1]
Declination −85° 39′ 47.3476″[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) 5.42±0.01[2]
Characteristics
Spectral type A8/9 IV[3] or F0 III[4]
U−B color index +0.07[5]
B−V color index +0.31[5]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)−3.6±2[6] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: −117.699 mas/yr[1]
Dec.: +33.964 mas/yr[1]
Parallax (π)20.9964 ± 0.0776 mas[1]
Distance155.3 ± 0.6 ly
(47.6 ± 0.2 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)+1.95[7]
Details
Mass2.06±0.40[8] M☉
Radius2.25±0.11[9] R☉
Luminosity12.63±0.09[1] L☉
Surface gravity (log g)4.04±0.28[8] cgs
Temperature7,063±325[10] K
Metallicity [Fe/H]−0.36[11] dex
Rotational velocity (v sin i)115[12] km/s
Age1.25[13] Gyr
Other designations
ζ Oct, 9 G. Octantis[14], CPD−85°183, FK5 918, GC 12580, HD 79837, HIP 43908, HR 3678, SAO 258515[15]
Database references
SIMBADdata

Zeta Octantis, Latinized from ζ Octantis, is a solitary,[16] yellowish-white hued star located in the southern circumpolar constellation Octans. It has an apparent magnitude of 5.42,[2] making it faintly visible to the naked eye under ideal conditions. The star is located relatively close at a distance of only 156 light-years based on Gaia DR3 parallax measurements,[1] but is drifting closer with a radial velocity of −3.6 km/s.[6] At its current distance, Zeta Octantis' brightness is diminished by 0.25 magnitudes due to interstellar dust.[17]

This s an evolved A-type star with a stellar classification of A8/9 IV.[3] David S. Evans and colleagues, however, give it a classification of F0 III,[4] which suggests it is already an evolved giant star. It has double the Sun's mass,[8] and 2.25 times the Sun's radius.[9] It radiates around 13 times the luminosity of the Sun[1] from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 7,063 K.[10] Zeta Octantis is estimated to be 1.25 billion years olds based on stellar evolution models by Trevor J. David and Lynne A. Hillenbrand.[13] It has a low metallicity, having only 44% the abundance of heavy metals compared to the Sun.[11] Despite its advanced age, the object spins rapidly with a projected rotational velocity of 115 km/s,[12] resulting in an oblate shape with a equatorial bulge 11% larger than the polar radius.[18]

References

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  2. ^ a b 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.
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  4. ^ a b Evans, D. S.; Menzies, A.; Stoy, R. H. (1 December 1959). "Fundamental Data for Southern Stars (Second List)". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 119 (6): 638–647. Bibcode:1959MNRAS.119..638E. doi:10.1093/mnras/119.6.638. eISSN 1365-2966. ISSN 0035-8711.
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  6. ^ a b 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.
  7. ^ Anderson, E.; Francis, Ch. (May 2012). "XHIP: An extended hipparcos compilation". Astronomy Letters. 38 (5): 331–346. arXiv:1108.4971. Bibcode:2012AstL...38..331A. doi:10.1134/S1063773712050015. eISSN 1562-6873. ISSN 1063-7737. S2CID 119257644.
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  11. ^ a b Netopil, Martin (4 May 2017). "Metallicity calibrations for dwarf stars and giants in the Geneva photometric system". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 469 (3): 3042–3055. arXiv:1705.00883. Bibcode:2017MNRAS.469.3042N. doi:10.1093/mnras/stx1077. eISSN 1365-2966. ISSN 0035-8711.
  12. ^ a b Huang, Su-Shu (September 1953). "A Statistical Study of the Rotation of the Stars". The Astrophysical Journal. 118: 285. Bibcode:1953ApJ...118..285H. doi:10.1086/145751. eISSN 1538-4357. ISSN 0004-637X.
  13. ^ a b David, Trevor J.; Hillenbrand, Lynne A. (12 May 2015). "The Ages of Early-type Stars: Strömgren Photometric Methods Calibrated, Validated, Tested, and Applied to Hosts and Prospective Hosts of Directly Imaged Exoplanets". The Astrophysical Journal. 804 (2): 146. arXiv:1501.03154. Bibcode:2015ApJ...804..146D. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/804/2/146. eISSN 1538-4357.
  14. ^ 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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  17. ^ 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.
  18. ^ van Belle, Gerard T. (14 March 2012). "Interferometric observations of rapidly rotating stars". The Astronomy and Astrophysics Review. 20 (1): 51. arXiv:1204.2572. Bibcode:2012A&ARv..20...51V. doi:10.1007/s00159-012-0051-2. eISSN 1432-0754. ISSN 0935-4956.