Observation data Epoch J2000.0 Equinox J2000.0 (ICRS) | |
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Constellation | Dorado |
Right ascension | 05h 32m 59.56572s [1] |
Declination | −64° 13′ 39.0537″ [1] |
Apparent magnitude (V) | 5.34±0.01 [2] |
Characteristics | |
Spectral type | G8/K0 III [3] |
U−B color index | +0.85 [4] |
B−V color index | +1.04 [4] |
Astrometry | |
Radial velocity (Rv) | 9.8±2.8 [5] km/s |
Proper motion (μ) | RA: +45.741 mas/yr [1] Dec.: −3.051 mas/yr [1] |
Parallax (π) | 13.9330±0.2335 mas [1] |
Distance | 234 ± 4 ly (72 ± 1 pc) |
Absolute magnitude (MV) | +1.08 [6] |
Orbit [7] | |
Period (P) | 180.8757 d |
Semi-major axis (a) | 0.320 AU |
Eccentricity (e) | 0.509±0.010 |
Inclination (i) | 52.2±5.2 [8] ° |
Longitude of the node (Ω) | 45.4±6.6 [8] ° |
Periastron epoch (T) | 2,423,108.42±0.65 JD |
Argument of periastron (ω) (secondary) | 332.93±1.61° |
Semi-amplitude (K1) (primary) | 22.36±0.35 km/s |
Details | |
A | |
Mass | 3.47 [9] M☉ |
Radius | 10.5+0.1 −0.2 [1] R☉ |
Luminosity | 48.4+1.6 −1.5 [1] L☉ |
Surface gravity (log g) | 2.61 [10] cgs |
Temperature | 4819±123 [11] K |
Metallicity [Fe/H] | −0.20 [12] dex |
Rotational velocity (v sin i) | <1.0 [13] km/s |
Age | 556+153 −188 [1] Myr |
B | |
Mass | 1.87 [9] M☉ |
Other designations | |
G Dor, 28 G. Doradus [14] , CPD−64°456, FK5 2418, GC 6927, HD 37297, HIP 26001, HR 1917, SAO 249309, TIC 149304313 [15] | |
Database references | |
SIMBAD | data |
G Doradus (HD 37297; HR 1917; 28 G. Doradus) is a spectroscopic binary located in the southern constellation Dorado, the dolphinfish. It has an apparent magnitude of 5.34, [2] making it faintly visible to the naked eye under ideal conditions. The system is located relatively close at a distance of 234 light-years based on Gaia DR3 parallax measurements but it is receding with a heliocentric radial velocity of approximately 9.8 km/s . [5] At its current distance, G Doradus' brightness is diminished by a quarter of a magnitude due to interstellar extinction [16] and it has an absolute magnitude of +1.08. [6] The designation "G Doradus" is not a Bayer designation assigned by Benjamin Gould or Lacaille; it arose from the Gould designation 28 G. Doradus. [17]
The visible component has a stellar classification of G8/K0 III, [3] indicating that it is an evolved star with the characteristics of a G8 and K0 giant star. It has 3.47 times the mass of the Sun [9] but at the age of 556 million years, it has expanded to 10.5 times the radius of the Sun. [1] It radiates 48.4 times the luminosity of the Sun [1] from its enlarged photosphere at an effective temperature of 4,819 K , [11] giving it an orangish-yellow hue when viewed in the night sky. G Doradus is slightly metal deficient with an iron abundance of [Fe/H] = −0.20 [12] and it spins too slowly for its projected rotational velocity to be measured accurately. [13]
G Doradus is a single-lined spectroscopic binary; the components – which have a separation of 0.32 AU – take 181 days to circle each other in an elliptical orbit, but the orbit is not well constrained. [7] Although only the primary can be observed in the spectrum, the masses of both components can be determined. Krachieva et al. (1980) derives a mass of 1.87 M☉ for the companion, [9] which might be an A-type star.