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Nu2 Arae

For other stars with this Bayer designation, see Nu Arae.

Nu2 Arae is a star in the southern constellation of Ara. Its name is a Bayer designation that is Latinized from ν2 Arae, and abbreviated Nu2 Ara or ν2 Ara. This star is faintly visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of 6.10.[3] Based on parallax measurements, it is located at a distance of approximately 564 light-years (173 parsecs) from the Earth.[2] It is drifting further away from the Sun with a radial velocity of +19 km/s.[6]

The stellar classification of B9.5 III-IV[5] shows this to be a B-type star with a spectrum that displays features of both the subgiant and giant star stages. Stellar models predict this is a main sequence (dwarf) star with 2.4 times the mass of the Sun and 3.9 times the Sun's radius. It is radiating 117 times the luminosity of the Sun from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 9,586 K.[4]

The star is sometimes referred as Upsilon2 Arae (υ2 Arae).[8]

References

  1. ^ a b c 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, S2CID 119257644.
  2. ^ a b c d e Vallenari, A.; et al. (Gaia collaboration) (2023). "Gaia Data Release 3. Summary of the content and survey properties". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 674: A1. arXiv:2208.00211. Bibcode:2023A&A...674A...1G. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202243940. S2CID 244398875. Gaia DR3 record for this source at VizieR.
  3. ^ a b Corben, P. M.; Stoy, R. H. (1968), "Photoelectric Magnitudes and Colours for Bright Southern Stars", Monthly Notes of the Astronomical Society of Southern Africa, 27: 11, Bibcode:1968MNSSA..27...11C.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g Stassun, Keivan G.; et al. (September 2018), "The TESS Input Catalog and Candidate Target List", The Astronomical Journal, 156 (3): 102, arXiv:1706.00495, Bibcode:2018AJ....156..102S, doi:10.3847/1538-3881/aad050, ISSN 0004-6256.
  5. ^ a b Houk, Nancy; Cowley, A. P. (1978), Michigan catalogue of two-dimensional spectral types for the HD stars, vol. 1, Ann Arbor: Dept. of Astronomy, University of Michigan, Bibcode:1975mcts.book.....H.
  6. ^ a b Gontcharov, G. A. (November 2006), "Pulkovo Compilation of Radial Velocities for 35 495 Hipparcos stars in a common system", Astronomy Letters, 32 (11): 759–771, arXiv:1606.08053, Bibcode:2006AstL...32..759G, doi:10.1134/S1063773706110065, S2CID 119231169.
  7. ^ "HR 6632 -- Star", SIMBAD Astronomical Database, Centre de Données astronomiques de Strasbourg, retrieved 2012-07-14
  8. ^ Note for HR 6632