Psi2 Aurigae
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Template:Location mark Location of ψ2 Aurigae (circled) | |
| Observation data Epoch J2000 Equinox J2000 | |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Auriga[1] |
| Right ascension | Template:RA[2] |
| Declination | Template:DEC[2] |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 4.79[3] |
| Characteristics | |
| Spectral type | K2- III[4] |
| U−B Template:Engvar | +1.30[3] |
| B−V Template:Engvar | +1.23[3] |
| R−I Template:Engvar | 0.6Script error: No such module "Unsubst". |
| Astrometry | |
| Radial velocity (Rv) | Template:Val[5] km/s |
| Proper motion (μ) | RA: −0.576 mas/yr[2] Dec.: −55.657 mas/yr[2] |
| Parallax (π) | 8.0927±0.1314 mas[2] |
| Distance | Template:Rnd ± Template:Rnd ly (Template:Rnd ± Template:Rnd pc) |
| Absolute magnitude (MV) | −0.72[1] |
| Details | |
| Mass | 4.1[2] Template:Solar mass |
| Radius | 31[2] Template:Solar radius |
| Luminosity | 304[1] Template:Solar luminosity |
| Surface gravity (log g) | 2.30[6] cgs |
| Temperature | 4,410[6] K |
| Metallicity [Fe/H] | −0.10[6] dex |
| Rotational velocity (v sin i) | 1.0[7] km/s |
| Age | 372[8] Myr |
| Metallicity [Fe/H] | {{{metal_fe2}}} dex |
| Other designations | |
| Template:Odlist[9] | |
| Database references | |
| SIMBAD | data |
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Psi2 Aurigae is a star in the constellation Auriga. Its name is a Bayer designation that is Latinized from ψ2 Aurigae, and abbreviated Psi2 Aur or ψ2 Aur. This star is faintly visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of 4.79.[3] Based upon parallax measurements, it is approximately Template:Convert away from the Earth.[2] At that distance, the brightness of the star is diminished by 0.07 in magnitude from extinction caused by interstellar gas and dust.[5] ψ2 Aur is drifting further away from the Sun with a radial velocity of 16 km/s.[5]
This is as a evolved K-type giant star with a stellar classification of K2 III.[4] At an estimated age of 372 million years,[8] it has exhausted the supply of hydrogen at its core and expanded to 31 times the radius of the Sun.[2] It has 4.1 times the Sun's mass[2] and is radiating 304 times the Sun's luminosity[1] from its enlarged photosphere at an effective temperature of Template:Val.[6]
ψ2 Aurigae was part of a much bigger constellation named Telescopium Herschelii. It was the constellation's second-brightest star before it fell out of use.[10]
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