Observation data Equinox J2000.0]] (ICRS) | |
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Constellation | Lupus |
Right ascension | 14h 51m 38.30289s[1] |
Declination | −43° 34′ 31.2965″[1] |
Apparent magnitude (V) | 4.323[2] (4.84 + 5.27)[3] |
Characteristics | |
Spectral type | B5 IV[3] |
U−B color index | −0.620[2] |
B−V color index | −0.159[2] |
Astrometry | |
Radial velocity (Rv) | +7.30±0.74[4] km/s |
Proper motion (μ) | RA: −25.20[1] mas/yr Dec.: −27.13[1] mas/yr |
Parallax (π) | 8.07 ± 0.59[1] mas |
Distance | 400 ± 30 ly (124 ± 9 pc) |
Absolute magnitude (MV) | −1.2±0.3[5] |
Details | |
Mass | 5.7±0.2[5] M☉ |
Radius | 3.5[5] R☉ |
Luminosity | 1,260[5] L☉ |
Surface gravity (log g) | 4.1±0.1[5] cgs |
Temperature | 18,000[6] K |
Rotational velocity (v sin i) | 25[6] km/s |
Other designations | |
Database references | |
SIMBAD | data |
Omicron Lupi (ο Lup) is a binary star[3] in the southern constellation of Lupus. It is a visible to the naked eye with a combined apparent visual magnitude of 4.323.[2] Based upon an annual parallax shift of 8.07 mas as seen from Earth,[1] it is located around 400 light-years from the Sun, give or take 30 light-years. At that distance, the visual magnitude of the system is diminished by an extinction factor of 0.13±0.01 due to interstellar dust.[5] It is a member of the Upper Centaurus–Lupus[8] subgroup of the nearby Scorpius–Centaurus association.[6]
This is a visual binary star system with the components having an angular separation of 0.1 arcsecond.[8] The primary, component A, is a magnitude 4.84 B-type subgiant star with a stellar classification of B5 V.[3] It displays radial velocity variations indicating it has an unseen second companion orbiting at a separation of at least 17 AU with a period of 27 years or more.[6] The spectrum of the primary displays a Zeeman effect indicating a magnetic field with a strength ranging from −94 to 677 G.[6] The visible companion, component B, has a visual magnitude of 5.27.[3]
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omicron Lupi.
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