QW Puppis

This article is about I Puppis. Not to be confused with l Puppis or j Puppis.
QW Puppis
Location of QW Puppis (circled)
Observation data
Epoch J2000      Equinox J2000
Constellation Puppis
Right ascension 07h 12m 33.62514s[1]
Declination −46° 45′ 33.4966″[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) 4.49[2]
Characteristics
Spectral type F3V Fe-1.0[3]
U−B color index −0.01[2]
B−V color index +0.32[2]
Variable type γ Dor[4]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)+0.10[5] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: −135.806[1] mas/yr
Dec.: +107.433[1] mas/yr
Parallax (π)46.9031 ± 0.1185 mas[1]
Distance69.5 ± 0.2 ly
(21.32 ± 0.05 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)2.84[6]
Details
Mass1.52[7] M☉
Radius1.7[1] R☉
Luminosity6.4[7] L☉
Surface gravity (log g)4.17[8] cgs
Temperature6,934[7] K
Metallicity [Fe/H]−0.24[6] dex
Rotational velocity (v sin i)51[7] km/s
Age1.6[1] Gyr
Other designations
I Puppis, QW Pup, CD−46°2977, FK5 275, GC 9569, GJ 9225, GSC 08119-02547, HIP 34834, HR 2740, HD 55892, SAO 218537
Database references
SIMBADdata

QW Puppis (QW Pup) is a class F3V (yellow-white dwarf) star in the constellation Puppis. Its apparent magnitude is 4.49 and it is approximately 69.5 light years away based on parallax.

A light curve for QW Puppis, plotted from TESS data[9]

It is a Gamma Doradus variable, ranging from 4.5 to 4.47 magnitude with a period of 0.96 days.[4] With a mass of 1.5 M☉ and an age of 1.6 billion years, it is about halfway through its main sequence lifetime.[7]

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