Nu Doradus

Nu Doradus, Latinized from ν Doradus, is the Bayer designation for a single,[9] blue-white hued star in the southern constellation of Dorado. It is visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of +5.06.[2] Based upon an annual parallax shift of 10.88 mas as seen from Earth,[1] it is located about 300 light years from the Sun.[10] At that distance, the visual magnitude is diminished by an extinction of 0.07 due to interstellar dust. It is moving further from the Sun with a heliocentric radial velocity of +17.5 km/s.[4]

Nu Doradus
Observation data
Epoch J2000.0      Equinox J2000.0 (ICRS)
Constellation Dorado
Right ascension 06h 08m 44.26199s[1]
Declination −68° 50′ 36.2797″[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) 5.06[2]
Characteristics
Spectral type B8 V[3]
U−B color index −0.19[2]
B−V color index −0.08[2]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)+17.5[4] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: −50.84[1] mas/yr
Dec.: +19.01[1] mas/yr
Parallax (π)10.88 ± 0.13[1] mas
Distance300 ± 4 ly
(92 ± 1 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)+0.24[5]
Details
Mass2.73[6] M☉
Radius3.2[7] R☉
Luminosity107[5] L☉
Surface gravity (log g)4.01±0.14[6] cgs
Temperature11,381±387[6] K
Rotational velocity (v sin i)98[6] km/s
Age118[6] Myr
Other designations
ν Dor, CPD−68° 474, FK5 1166, HD 43107, HIP 29134, HR 2221, SAO 249461[8]
Database references
SIMBADdata

This is an ordinary B-type main-sequence star, as indicated by its stellar classification of B8 V.[3] It is an estimated 118[6] million years old and is spinning with a projected rotational velocity of 98 km/s.[6] The star has 2.7[6] times the mass of the Sun and about 3.2[7] times the Sun's radius. It is radiating 107[5] times the Sun's luminosity from its photoshere at an effective temperature of 11,381 K.[6] No infrared excess has been detected.[11]

References
  1. van Leeuwen, F. (2007), "Validation of the new Hipparcos reduction", Astronomy and Astrophysics, 474 (2): 653–664, arXiv:0708.1752, Bibcode:2007A&A...474..653V, doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20078357.
  2. Cousins, A. W. J. (1973), "UBV photometry of some southern stars", Monthly Notes of the Astronomical Society of Southern Africa, 32: 11, Bibcode:1973MNSSA..32...11C.
  3. Houk, Nancy (1975), Michigan catalogue of two-dimensional spectral types for the HD stars, 1, Ann Arbor, Michigan: Dept. of Astronomy, University of Michigan, Bibcode:1978mcts.book.....H.
  4. Wilson, R. E. (1953), General Catalogue of Stellar Radial Velocities, Carnegie Institution of Washington, Bibcode:1953GCRV..C......0W, LCCN 54001336.
  5. 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.
  6. David, Trevor J.; Hillenbrand, Lynne A. (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.
  7. Pasinetti Fracassini, L. E.; et al. (February 2001), "Catalogue of Apparent Diameters and Absolute Radii of Stars (CADARS)", Astronomy and Astrophysics (Third ed.), 367: 521–524, arXiv:astro-ph/0012289, Bibcode:2001A&A...367..521P, doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20000451.
  8. "nu. Dor". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2017-10-09.
  9. Eggleton, P. P.; Tokovinin, A. A. (2008), "A catalogue of multiplicity among bright stellar systems", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 389 (2): 869, arXiv:0806.2878, Bibcode:2008MNRAS.389..869E, doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2008.13596.x.
  10. Gontcharov, G. A. (November 2012), "Spatial distribution and kinematics of OB stars", Astronomy Letters, 38 (11): 694−706, arXiv:1606.09028, Bibcode:2012AstL...38..694G, doi:10.1134/S1063773712110035.
  11. Su, K. Y. L.; et al. (December 2006), "Debris Disk Evolution around A Stars", The Astrophysical Journal, 653 (1): 675−689, arXiv:astro-ph/0608563, Bibcode:2006ApJ...653..675S, doi:10.1086/508649
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