Delta Fornacis

Delta Fornacis
Observation data Epoch J2000 Equinox J2000
Constellation	Fornax
Right ascension	03^h 42^m 14.90248^s ^[1]
Declination	−31° 56′ 18.1055″ ^[1]
Apparent magnitude (V)	4.97 ^[2]
Characteristics
Spectral type	B5III ^[3]
U−B color index	-0.59 ^[4]
B−V color index	-0.14 ^[2]
Astrometry

Radial velocity (R_v)	+26.00^[5] km/s
Proper motion (μ)	RA: +4.80^[2] mas/yr Dec.: +13.64^[2] mas/yr
Parallax (π)	3.85 ± 0.25^[1] mas
Distance	850 ± 60 ly (260 ± 20 pc)
Absolute magnitude (M_V)	-2.10 ^[6]

Other designations
FK5 133, GC 4439, HIP 17304, HR 1134, HD 23227, SAO 194467 ^[2]
Database references
SIMBAD	data

Delta Fornacis (δ For) is a class B5III^[3] (blue giant) star in the constellation Fornax. Its apparent magnitude is 4.97^[2] and it is approximately 850 light years away based on parallax.^[1]

References

1 2 3 4 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. Vizier catalog entry
1 2 3 4 5 6 "Delta Fornacis". SIMBAD Astronomical Database. Retrieved 2016-04-08.
1 2 Houk, N. (1982), Michigan catalogue of two-dimensional spectral types for the HD stars, 3, Ann Arbor: Dept. of Astronomy, University of Michigan, Bibcode:1982MSS...C03....0H
↑ Reed, B. Cameron (May 2003), "Catalog of galactic OB stars", The Astronomical Journal, 125 (5): 2531–2533, Bibcode:2003AJ....125.2531R, doi:10.1086/374771
↑ 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
↑ Absolute magnitude calculated as $M = m + 5 (1 + \log_{10}{p})\!\,$ , where $M$ is the star's absolute magnitude, $m$ is the star's apparent magnitude, and $p$ is the star's measured parallax in arcseconds.

Stars of Fornax

Bayer	α (Dalim) β γ¹ γ² δ ε ζ η¹ η² η³ ι¹ ι² κ λ¹ λ² μ ν π ρ σ τ υ φ χ¹ χ² χ³ ψ ω

Variable	R TY TZ UX UZ AI

HR	517 528 532 535 554 576 606 630 683 700 703 727 742 780 805 817 858 884 893 900 903 943 970 974 980 993 1013 1018 1045 1082 1093 1095

HD	12596 20781 20782 20868 22333

Other	HIP 13044 LP 944-20 2MASS J02431371-2453298 UDF 2457

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