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Gamma Doradus

γ Doradus
Observation data
Epoch J2000.0      Equinox J2000.0 (ICRS)
Constellation Dorado
Right ascension 04h 16m 01.5857s
Declination −51° 29′ 11.933″
Apparent magnitude (V) 4.25
Characteristics
Spectral type F0V
U−B color index +0.03
B−V color index +0.30
R−I color index +0.16
Variable type Gamma Doradus variable
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv) 25.2 ± 2 km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: 100.57 mas/yr
Dec.: 184.23 mas/yr
Parallax (π) 49.26 ± 0.50mas
Distance 66.2 ± 0.7 ly
(20.3 ± 0.2 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV) 2.72
Details
Mass 1.57 M
Radius 1.70 R
Luminosity (bolometric) 7.0 L
Temperature 7200 K
Metallicity [M/H] = −0.02
Rotational velocity (v sin i) 62 km/s
Other designations
γ Dor, Gamma Doradus, Gamma Dor, CD−51 1066, CPD−51 524, FK5 157, GC 5179, GJ 167.1, GJ 9150, HD 27290, HIP 19893, HR 1338, PPM 333343, SAO 233457.
Database references
SIMBAD data

Gamma Doradus (Gamma Dor, γ Doradus, γ Dor) is the third-brightest star in the constellation of Dorado. It has an apparent visual magnitude of approximately 4.25 and is a variable star, the type star of the class of Gamma Doradus variables. These stars, like γ Doradus, are pulsating variables which vary in brightness by less than a tenth of a magnitude owing to nonradial gravity wave oscillations. The magnitude of γ Doradus itself has been observed to have two sinusoidal variations with periods of approximately 17.6 and 18.2 hours. There is also some additional unexplained, apparently random fluctuation.



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