3 Corvi

3 Corvi
Observation data
Epoch J2000.0      Equinox ICRS
Constellation Corvus
Right ascension 12h 11m 03.83987s
Declination −23° 36′ 08.7221″
Apparent magnitude (V) 5.45
Characteristics
Evolutionary stage main sequence
Spectral type A1 V
B−V color index 0.055±0.004
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)+14.41±1.09 km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: −66.853 mas/yr
Dec.: −19.826 mas/yr
Parallax (π)17.0039±0.1918 mas
Distance192 ± 2 ly
(58.8 ± 0.7 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)1.61
Details
Mass2.14 M☉
Radius1.87 R☉
Luminosity9.55+1.17
−1.04 L☉
Surface gravity (log g)4.12±0.22 cgs
Temperature9,671±329 K
Metallicity [Fe/H]+0.17±0.41 dex
Rotational velocity (v sin i)130 km/s
Age900+90
−900 Myr
Other designations
3 Crv, BD+22°3305, HD 105850, HIP 59394, HR 4635, SAO 180546
Database references
SIMBADdata

3 Corvi is a single star in the southern constellation of Corvus, located 192 light years away from the Sun. It is visible to the naked eye as a faint, white-hued star with an apparent visual magnitude of 5.45. This object is moving further from the Earth with a heliocentric radial velocity of +14 km/s.

This is an A-type main-sequence star with a stellar classification of A1 V. It has 2.14 times the mass of the Sun and 1.87 times the Sun's radius. The star is around 900 million years old with a high rate of rotation, showing a projected rotational velocity of 130 km/s. It is radiating ten times the luminosity of the Sun from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 9,671 K. An infrared excess has been detected, suggesting that a debris disk with a temperature of 150 K is orbiting 14.7 AU from the host star.

It was designated Theta Corvi by Johann Elert Bode in his 1801 Uranographia, but it is now no longer used.

References

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