Observation data Epoch J2000.0 Equinox J2000.0 (ICRS) | |
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Constellation | Columba |
Right ascension | 05h 37m 16.50521s[1] |
Declination | −27° 52′ 16.8288″[1] |
Apparent magnitude (V) | 6.14[2] |
Characteristics | |
Spectral type | F0 IV[3] |
B−V color index | +0.34[2] |
Astrometry | |
Radial velocity (Rv) | 26.7±2.0[4] km/s |
Proper motion (μ) | RA: +18.24[1] mas/yr Dec.: −57.61[1] mas/yr |
Parallax (π) | 25.40 ± 1.07 mas[1] |
Distance | 128 ± 5 ly (39 ± 2 pc) |
Absolute magnitude (MV) | +3.18[5] |
Details | |
Mass | 1.41[6] M☉ |
Luminosity | 4.3[7] L☉ |
Surface gravity (log g) | 4.01±0.14[6] cgs |
Temperature | 7,079±241[6] K |
Metallicity [Fe/H] | −0.22[4] dex |
Rotational velocity (v sin i) | 161[3] km/s |
Age | 641[6] Myr |
Other designations | |
Database references | |
SIMBAD | data |
Nu1 Columbae, Latinized from ν1 Columbae, is a star in the southern constellation of Columba. It is visible to the naked eye, having an apparent visual magnitude of 6.14.[2] According to the Bortle scale, stars with this magnitude are faintly visible from dark rural skies. Based upon an annual parallax shift of 25.40 mas,[1] this star is about 128 light years distant from the Sun.
This star has a stellar classification of F0 IV,[3] which indicates it is an evolving F-type subgiant star. It is an estimated 6410 million years of age, with a mass 1.41 times that of the Sun.[6] The star is spinning relatively rapidly, with a projected rotational velocity of 161 km/s.[3] It is radiating around 4.3[7] times the solar luminosity from its outer atmosphere at an effective temperature of 7,079 K.[6]