Iota Piscis Austrini

ι Piscis Austrini
Location of ι Piscis Austrini (circled)
Observation data
Epoch J2000.0      Equinox J2000.0 (ICRS)
Constellation Piscis Austrinus
Right ascension 21h 44m 56.809s
Declination −33° 01 32.82
Apparent magnitude (V) +4.35
Characteristics
Spectral type A0 V or A0 III-IV
U−B color index −0.11
B−V color index −0.05
Astrometry
Proper motion (μ) RA: +31.10 mas/yr
Dec.: −94.56 mas/yr
Parallax (π)15.97±0.17 mas
Distance204 ± 2 ly
(62.6 ± 0.7 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)+0.37
Details
Mass2.7 M
Radius2.7 R
Luminosity76 L
Surface gravity (log g)4.00 cgs
Temperature10,376 K
Metallicity [Fe/H]0.00 dex
Rotational velocity (v sin i)50 km/s
Age292 Myr
Other designations
ι PsA, 9 Piscis Austrini, CPD−33°6184, FK5 814, HD 206742, HIP 107380, HR 8305, SAO 213258, WDS J21449-3302A
Database references
SIMBADdata

Iota Piscis Austrini (ι Piscis Austrini) is a solitary, blue-white hued star in the southern constellation of Piscis Austrinus. It has an apparent visual magnitude of +4.35 and is around 500 light years from the Sun. This is an A-type main sequence star with a stellar classification of A0 V. It has a magnitude 11.4 visual companion located at an angular separation of 20 arc seconds along a position angle of 290°, as of 1910.

Iota Piscis Austrini is moving through the Galaxy at a speed of 29.7 km/s relative to the Sun. Its projected Galactic orbit carries it between 18,400 and 24,300 light years from the center of the Galaxy.