Nu Telescopii

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ν Telescopii
Telescopium IAU.svg
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Location of ν Telescopii (circled)
Observation data
Epoch J2000.0        Equinox J2000.0 (ICRS)
Constellation Telescopium
Right ascension 19h 48m 01.1977s [1]
Declination −56° 21′ 45.3996″ [1]
Apparent magnitude  (V)5.33±0.01 [2]
Characteristics
Spectral type A7 III/IV [3]
B−V color index +0.20 [4]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)−12.4±4.2 [5]  km/s
Proper motion (μ)RA: +90.983  mas/yr [1]
Dec.: −137.406  mas/yr [1]
Parallax (π)19.3152 ± 0.0783  mas [1]
Distance 168.9 ± 0.7  ly
(51.8 ± 0.2  pc)
Absolute magnitude  (MV)+1.86 [6]
Details
Mass 1.85 [7]   M☉
Radius 1.94±0.09 [8]   R☉
Luminosity 15.6±0.1 [9]   L☉
Surface gravity (log g)4.08+0.08
−0.07 [10]   cgs
Temperature 8,199±279 [7]   K
Metallicity [Fe/H]−0.02 [11]   dex
Age 686 [7]   Myr
Other designations
ν Tel, 67 G. Telescopii, CPD−56° 9290, FK5  739, HD  186543, HIP  97421, HR  7510, SAO  246271 [12] [13]
Database references
SIMBAD data

Nu Telescopii, Latinized from ν Telescopii, is a slightly evolved star in the southern constellation Telescopium. It has an apparent visual magnitude of 5.33, [4] allowing it to be faintly visible to the naked eye. The object is relatively close at a distance of 169 light years but is approaching the Solar System with a heliocentric radial velocity of about −12  km/s . [5]

There hasn't been much agreement on Nu Telescopii's spectral classification. It was initially categorized as Am star, with a classification of kA4mF3IV: [14] . This indicates that the object has the calcium K-lines of an A4 star and the metallic lines of a F3 subgiant. However, Nu Telescopii was shown not to have a peculiar spectrum and was given a class of A9 Vn, [15] indicating that it is an A-type main-sequence star displaying broad (nebulous) absorption lines due to rapid rotation. It has since been classified as an evolved A7 star with either a blended luminosity class of a giant star or subgiant (III/IV) [3] or only subgiant (IV). [16]

Nu Telescopii has a mass of 1.85  M☉ and an age of 686 million years. [7] It has 1.94 times the radius of the Sun [8] and has an effective temperature of 8,199 K. [7] These parameters yield a luminosity of 15.6  L☉ [9] from its photosphere and when viewed, has a white hue. Nu Telescopii's metallicity – what astronomers dub as elements heavier than helium – is around solar level. [11] Its motion in space matches that of the IC 2391 cluster, making it a probable member. [17]

There is a faint magnitude 9.3 companion star at an angular separation of 102  arc seconds along a position angle of 333°, as of 2010. [18]

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