Lacaille 9352
Star in the constellation Piscis Austrinus / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Lacaille 9352 (Lac 9352) is a red dwarf star in the southern constellation of Piscis Austrinus. With an apparent visual magnitude of 7.34,[2] this star is too faint to be viewed with the naked eye except possibly under excellent seeing conditions. Parallax measurements place it at a distance of about 10.74 light-years (3.29 parsecs) from Earth.[1] It is the eleventh closest star system to the Solar System[14] and is the closest star in the constellation Piscis Austrinus. The ChView simulation[15] shows that its closest neighbour is the EZ Aquarii triple star system at about 4.1 ly away.
Quick Facts Observation data Epoch J2000 Equinox J2000, Constellation ...
Observation data Epoch J2000 Equinox J2000 | |
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Constellation | Piscis Austrinus |
Right ascension | 23h 05m 52.03604s[1] |
Declination | −35° 51′ 11.0475″[1] |
Apparent magnitude (V) | 7.34[2] |
Characteristics | |
Spectral type | M0.5V[3] |
U−B color index | +1.18[2] |
B−V color index | +1.50[2] |
Variable type | Suspected[4] |
Astrometry | |
Radial velocity (Rv) | +9.7[5] km/s |
Proper motion (μ) | RA: +6,765.995[6] mas/yr Dec.: +1,330.388[6] mas/yr |
Parallax (π) | 304.1354 ± 0.0200 mas[7] |
Distance | 10.7241 ± 0.0007 ly (3.2880 ± 0.0002 pc) |
Absolute magnitude (MV) | 9.8[8] |
Details | |
Mass | 0.479+0.011 −0.010[9] M☉ |
Radius | 0.474±0.008[9] R☉ |
Luminosity | 0.0368±0.0006[9] L☉ |
Surface gravity (log g) | 4.78[10] cgs |
Temperature | 3,672+36 −34[9] K |
Metallicity [Fe/H] | −0.22±0.09[11] dex |
Rotational velocity (v sin i) | 1[5] km/s |
Age | 4.57[12] Gyr |
Other designations | |
Database references | |
SIMBAD | data |
ARICNS | data |
Location of Lacaille 9352 in the constellation Piscis Austrinus |
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