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Phi Octantis
Star in the constellation Octans From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Phi Octantis, Latinized from φ Octantis, is a solitary star[14] located in the southern circumpolar constellation Octans. It has an apparent magnitude of 5.46,[2] making it faintly visible to the naked eye if viewed under ideal conditions. The object is located relatively close at a distance of 194 light years based on Gaia DR3 parallax measurements,[1] but it is receding with a heliocentric radial velocity of approximately 5 km/s.[5] At its current distance, Phi Octantis' brightness is diminished by 0.26 magnitudes due to interstellar extinction and it has an absolute magnitude of +1.60.[6]
Phi Octantis has a stellar classification of A0 V,[3] indicating that it is an ordinary A-type main-sequence star that is generating energy via hydrogen fusion at is core. At present it has 2.7 times the mass of the Sun[7] and 1.74 times the radius of the Sun.[8] It radiates at 21.1 times the luminosity of the Sun[1] from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 9,352 K,[9] giving it a white hue when viewed in the night sky. Phi Octantis is a relatively young star with an age of only 7 million years[7] and it spins rapidly with a projected rotational velocity of 295 km/s.[11] It has a metallicity only 60% of the Sun's at [Fe/H] = −0.22.
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