Nu2 Coronae Borealis

For other stars with this Bayer designation, see ν Coronae Borealis.
Nu2 Coronae Borealis

ν2 Coronae Borealis (lower red star) in optical light
Observation data
Epoch J2000.0      Equinox J2000.0 (ICRS)
Constellation Corona Borealis
Right ascension 16h 22m 29.21855s[1]
Declination +33° 42′ 12.5274″[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) +5.396[2]
Characteristics
Spectral type K5 III[3]
U−B color index +1.787[2]
B−V color index +1.525[2]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)−41.1±0.2[4] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: −5.42[1] mas/yr
Dec.: +50.56[1] mas/yr
Parallax (π)5.49 ± 0.24 mas[1]
Distance590 ± 30 ly
(182 ± 8 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)−0.78[5]
Details
Radius50[6] R☉
Luminosity530[7] L☉
Surface gravity (log g)1.76[8] cgs
Temperature3,940[8] K
Metallicity [Fe/H]−0.16[8] dex
Rotational velocity (v sin i)3.1[9] km/s
Other designations
ν2 Coronae Borealis, 21 CrB, BD+34 2774, HD 147767, HIP 80214, HR 6108, SAO 65259[10]
Database references
SIMBADdata

Nu2 Coronae Borealis is a solitary,[11] orange-hued star located in the northern constellation of Corona Borealis. It is faintly visible to the naked eye, having an apparent visual magnitude of +5.4.[2] Based upon an annual parallax shift of 5.49 mas,[1] it is located roughly 590 light years from the Sun. At that distance, the visual magnitude is diminished by an extinction of 0.1 due to interstellar dust.[12]

This is an evolved red giant star with a stellar classification of K5 III.[3] The measured angular diameter of Nu2 Coronae Borealis is 2.53±0.16 mas.[13] At its estimated distance, this yields a physical size of about 50 times the radius of the Sun.[6] Nu2 Coronae Borealis is radiating 530[7] times the Sun's luminosity from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 3,940 K.[8]

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