Iota2 Librae
Iota Librae is a faint, sixth-magnitude star situated in the zodiacal constellation Libra. It has a stellar spectrum of A2V. This indicate that it is in the main sequence. Parallax measurements imply a distance of 89 parsecs (290 ly) from Earth. At this distance, interstellar extinction caused by interveining gas and dust makes Iota Librae 0.44 magnitudes fainter as seen from Earth. The star is currently drifting closer at 7.61 km/s.
This A-type star has 84% more mass and 2.3 times the radius of the Sun. It is about 360 million years old, is 20 times more energetic and 48% hotter than the Sun, its surface has an effective temperature of 8,526 K. It is also known by its Flamsteed designation 25 Librae, Iota Librae is the Bayer designation, with the corresponding Greek letter being shared with another star, Iota Librae. Other designations, like HD 134967 or HR 5656, are catalogue entries.
References
- ^ "Iota2 Librae". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2024-06-15.
- ^ Vallenari, A.; et al. (Gaia collaboration) (2023). "Gaia Data Release 3. Summary of the content and survey properties". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 674: A1. arXiv:2208.00211. Bibcode:2023A&A...674A...1G. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202243940. S2CID 244398875. Gaia DR3 record for this source at VizieR.
- ^ David, Trevor J.; Hillenbrand, Lynne A. (2015-05-01). "The Ages of Early-type Stars: Strömgren Photometric Methods Calibrated, Validated, Tested, and Applied to Hosts and Prospective Hosts of Directly Imaged Exoplanets". The Astrophysical Journal. 804 (2): 146. arXiv:1501.03154. Bibcode:2015ApJ...804..146D. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/804/2/146. ISSN 0004-637X. Iota2 Librae's database entry at VizieR.
- ^ McDonald, I.; Zijlstra, A. A.; Watson, R. A. (2017-10-01), "Fundamental parameters and infrared excesses of Tycho-Gaia stars", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 471: 770–791, arXiv:1706.02208, doi:10.1093/mnras/stx1433, ISSN 0035-8711 Iota2 Librae's database entry at VizieR.
