Star in the constellation Pictor
Gamma Pictoris , Latinised from γ Pictoris , is a single,[ 9] orange-hued star in the southern constellation of Pictor . It is a faintly visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of 4.50.[ 2] Based upon an annual parallax shift of 18.45 mas as seen from Earth,[ 1] this star is located about 177 light-years from the Sun . It is moving away from the Sun with a radial velocity of +15.7 km/s.[ 5]
This is an evolved K-type giant star with a stellar classification of K1 III.[ 3] It has 1.59 times the mass of the Sun , while its diameter has been estimated as around 11 times that of the Sun.[ 6] The star is radiating 61[ 2] times the Sun's luminosity from its enlarged photosphere at an effective temperature of around 4,600 K .[ 7]
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^ a b Gontcharov, G. A. (2009). "Red giant clump in the Tycho-2 catalogue". Astronomy Letters . 34 (11): 785–796. arXiv :1607.00619 . Bibcode :2008AstL...34..785G . doi :10.1134/S1063773708110078 . S2CID 73524157 . Vizier catalog entry
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