Chi Octantis
Star in the constellation Octans
Chi Octantis , Latinized from χ Octantis , is a solitary star [ 14] located in the southern circumpolar constellation Octans . It is faintly visible to the naked eye as an orange-hued star with an apparent magnitude of 5.28.[ 2] The object is located relatively close at a distance of 261 light years based on Gaia EDR3 parallax measurements,[ 1] but it is receding with a heliocentric radial velocity 33.6 km/s .[ 5] At its current distance, Chi Octantis' brightness is diminished by 0.24 magnitudes due to interstellar dust .[ 15] It has an absolute magnitude of +0.81.[ 6]
Chi Octantis is an evolved red giant with a stellar classification of K3 III.[ 3] It has 125% the mass of the Sun and an enlarged radius of 14.45 R ☉ due to its evolved state.[ 7] It radiates 73.6 times the luminosity of the Sun [ 9] from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 4,266 K .[ 7] Chi Octantis is metal enriched with an iron abundance 126% that of the Sun ([Fe/H] = +0.10)[ 10] and spins slowly with a projected rotational velocity less than 1 km/s−1 .[ 11]
References
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^ a b Brown, A. G. A. ; et al. (Gaia collaboration) (August 2018). "Gaia Data Release 2: Summary of the contents and survey properties" . Astronomy & Astrophysics . 616 . A1. arXiv :1804.09365 . Bibcode :2018A&A...616A...1G . doi :10.1051/0004-6361/201833051 . Gaia DR2 record for this source at VizieR .
^ a b c Anders, F.; Khalatyan, A.; Chiappini, C.; Queiroz, A. B.; Santiago, B. X.; Jordi, C.; Girardi, L.; Brown, A. G. A.; Matijevič, G.; Monari, G.; Cantat-Gaudin, T.; Weiler, M.; Khan, S.; Miglio, A.; Carrillo, I.; Romero-Gómez, M.; Minchev, I.; de Jong, R. S.; Antoja, T.; Ramos, P.; Steinmetz, M.; Enke, H. (August 2019). "Photo-astrometric distances, extinctions, and astrophysical parameters for Gaia DR2 stars brighter than G = 18" . Astronomy & Astrophysics . 628 : A94. arXiv :1904.11302 . Bibcode :2019A&A...628A..94A . doi :10.1051/0004-6361/201935765 . ISSN 0004-6361 .
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^ Gontcharov, George A.; Mosenkov, Aleksandr V. (28 September 2017). "Verifying reddening and extinction for Gaia DR1 TGAS main sequence stars" . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society . 472 (4): 3805– 3820. arXiv :1709.01160 . Bibcode :2017MNRAS.472.3805G . doi :10.1093/mnras/stx2219 . eISSN 1365-2966 . ISSN 0035-8711 .