Eta Corvi

η Corvi
Location of η Corvi (circled)
Observation data
Epoch J2000.0      Equinox J2000.0 (ICRS)
Constellation Corvus
Right ascension 12h 32m 04.22653s[1]
Declination −16° 11′ 45.6165″[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) 4.29–4.32[2]
Characteristics
Spectral type F2 V[3]
U−B color index +0.00[4]
B−V color index +0.38[4]
R−I color index +0.18[5]
Variable type Suspected[2]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)−2.80 ± 1.5[6] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: −425.17[1] mas/yr
Dec.: −57.23[1] mas/yr
Parallax (π)54.70 ± 0.17 mas[1]
Distance59.6 ± 0.2 ly
(18.28 ± 0.06 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)2.99[7]
Details
Mass1.52[8] M☉
Radius1.61[9][a] R☉
Luminosity5.06±0.05[8] L☉
Temperature7,000[8] K
Rotational velocity (v sin i)68 ± 2[10] km/s
Age1.4±0.3[11] Gyr
Other designations
η Crv, Eta Corvi, Eta Crv, 8 Corvi, 8 Crv, BD−15°3489, GC 17087, GJ 471.2, GJ 9411, HD 109085, HIP 61174, HR 4775, LTT 4755, NLTT 31021, PPM 225971, SAO 157345[12]
Database references
SIMBADdata
ARICNSdata

Eta Corvi (Eta Crv, η Corvi, η Crv) is an F-type main-sequence star, the sixth-brightest star in the constellation of Corvus. Two debris disks have been detected orbiting this star, one at ~150 AU, and a warmer one within a few astronomical units (AU).

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  11. ^ Cite error: The named reference Lisse was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
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