Eta Volantis

η Volantis

Location of η Volantis.
Observation data Epoch J2000.0      Equinox J2000.0
Constellation	Volans
Right ascension	08^h 22^m 04.45155^s[1]
Declination	−73° 23′ 59.9258″[1]
Apparent magnitude (V)	5.28±0.01
Characteristics
Spectral type	A0/1 IV/V[2]
B−V color index	+0.01[3]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)	+20.0±3.7[4] km/s
Proper motion (μ)	RA: −29.432[1] mas/yr Dec.: +29.926[1] mas/yr
Parallax (π)	8.4310 ± 0.0887 mas[1]
Distance	387 ± 4 ly (119 ± 1 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)	−0.06[5]
Details
Mass	2.73±0.08[6] M☉
Radius	3.78±0.12[7] R☉
Luminosity	84[8] L☉
Surface gravity (log g)	3.81±0.04[6] cgs
Temperature	9,789±427[9] K
Rotational velocity (v sin i)	214[10] km/s
Age	347[6] Myr
Other designations
η Vol, CPD−72°694, FK5 2653, HD 71576, HIP 41003, HR 3334, SAO 256505[11]
Database references
SIMBAD	data

Eta Volantis, Latinized from η Volantis, is a single star[12] in the southern constellation of Volans. It has an apparent visual magnitude of 5.28,[13] which is bright enough to be seen with the naked eye as a dim, white-hued star. Based upon parallax measurements, it is approximately 387 light years from the Sun. The star is moving further away from the Sun with a radial velocity of 20 km/s.[4]

This is an A-type star with a stellar classification of A0/1 IV/V,[2] displaying blended spectrum that shows aspects of a main sequence star and a subgiant. Stellar evolution models from Zorec and Royer (2012) place it near the main sequence turnoff, having completed 90.7% of its time on the main sequence. The star is estimated to be 347 million years old[6] and is spinning rapidly with a projected rotational velocity of 214 km/s.[10] It has 2.73 times the mass of the Sun[6] and 3.43 times the Sun's radius.[7] Eta Volantis is radiating 84[8] times the luminosity of the Sun from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 9,789 K.[9]

Eta Volantis has two 12th magnitude optical companions at angular separations of 26.8 and 48.1 arcseconds.[14]

References

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2. Houk, N.; Cowley, A. P. (1975). University of Michigan Catalogue of two-dimensional spectral types for the HD stars. Volume I. Declinations −90° to −53°. Bibcode:1975mcts.book.....H.
3. Mermilliod, J.-C. (1986), "Compilation of Eggen's UBV data, transformed to UBV (unpublished)", Catalogue of Eggen's UBV Data. SIMBAD, Bibcode:1986EgUBV........0M.
4. Kharchenko, N. V.; et al. (2007), "Astrophysical supplements to the ASCC-2.5: Ia. Radial velocities of ˜55000 stars and mean radial velocities of 516 Galactic open clusters and associations", Astronomische Nachrichten, 328 (9): 889, arXiv:0705.0878, Bibcode:2007AN....328..889K, doi:10.1002/asna.200710776, S2CID 119323941.
5. 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.
6. Gerbaldi, M.; Faraggiana, R.; Burnage, R.; Delmas, F.; Gómez, A. E.; Grenier, S. (June 1999). "Search for reference A0 dwarf stars: Masses and luminosities revisited withHipparcos parallaxes". Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement Series. 137 (2): 273–292. Bibcode:1999A&AS..137..273G. doi:10.1051/aas:1999248. eISSN 1286-4846. ISSN 0365-0138.
7. Stassun, Keivan G.; et al. (9 September 2019). "The Revised TESS Input Catalog and Candidate Target List". The Astronomical Journal. 158 (4): 138. arXiv:1905.10694. Bibcode:2019AJ....158..138S. doi:10.3847/1538-3881/ab3467. eISSN 1538-3881.
8. McDonald, I.; Zijlstra, A. A.; Boyer, M. L. (2012). "Fundamental Parameters and Infrared Excesses of Hipparcos Stars". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 427 (1): 343–57. arXiv:1208.2037. Bibcode:2012MNRAS.427..343M. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2012.21873.x. S2CID 118665352.
9. Paunzen, E.; Schnell, A.; Maitzen, H. M. (October 2006). "An empirical temperature calibration for the Δa photometric system II: The A-type and mid F-type stars". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 458 (1): 293–296. arXiv:astro-ph/0607567. Bibcode:2006A&A...458..293P. doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20064889. eISSN 1432-0746. ISSN 0004-6361.
10. Royer, F.; et al. (February 2007), "Rotational velocities of A-type stars. III. Velocity distributions", Astronomy and Astrophysics, 463 (2): 671–682, arXiv:astro-ph/0610785, Bibcode:2007A&A...463..671R, doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20065224, S2CID 18475298.
11. "* eps Vol". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2016-09-02.
12. Eggleton, P. P.; Tokovinin, A. A. (September 2008), "A catalogue of multiplicity among bright stellar systems", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 389 (2): 869–879, arXiv:0806.2878, Bibcode:2008MNRAS.389..869E, doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2008.13596.x, S2CID 14878976.
13. 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.
14. Mason, B. D.; et al. (2014), "The Washington Visual Double Star Catalog", The Astronomical Journal, 122 (6): 3466, Bibcode:2001AJ....122.3466M, doi:10.1086/323920