Nu Ophiuchi
 Location of ν Ophiuchi (circled) |
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| Observation data Epoch J2000 Equinox J2000 |
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| Constellation | Ophiuchus |
| Right ascension | 17h 59m 01.59191s |
| Declination | −09° 46′ 25.0798″ |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | +3.332 |
| Characteristics | |
| Spectral type | K0 IIIa CN –1 |
| U−B color index | +0.873 |
| B−V color index | +0.999 |
| Astrometry | |
| Radial velocity (Rv) | 12.95 ± 0.41 km/s |
| Proper motion (μ) |
RA: –9.48 mas/yr Dec.: –116.69 mas/yr |
| Parallax (π) | 21.64 ± 0.26mas |
| Distance | 151 ± 2 ly (46.2 ± 0.6 pc) |
| Absolute magnitude (MV) | –0.19 |
| Details | |
| Mass | 3.04 M☉ |
| Radius | 14 R☉ |
| Luminosity | 123 L☉ |
| Surface gravity (log g) | 2.7 cgs |
| Temperature | 4,928 K |
| Metallicity [Fe/H] | 0.02 dex |
| Rotational velocity (v sin i) | 2.1 km/s |
| Age | 330 Myr |
| Other designations | |
| Database references | |
| SIMBAD | data |
Nu Ophiuchi (ν Oph, ν Ophiuchi) is a star in the equatorial constellation of Ophiuchus. The apparent visual magnitude is +3.3, making it one of the brighter members of this constellation. Based upon parallax measurements made during the Hipparcos mission, this star is located about 151 light-years (46 parsecs) from Earth.
Nu Ophiuchi has about three times the mass of the Sun and is roughly 330 million years old. The spectrum of the star matches a stellar classification of K0 IIIa, indicating it is a giant star that has exhausted the supply of hydrogen at its core and evolved away from the main sequence of stars like the Sun. Unusually, it displays an anomalously low abundance of cyanogen for a star of its type. The star's outer envelope has expanded to around 14 times the Sun's radius and now radiates 123 times as much luminosity of the Sun. This energy is being emitted from its outer envelope at an effective temperature of 4,928 K, giving it the cool, orange hue of a K-type star.
This is not a binary star system in the sense of having a gravitationally-bound stellar companion. However, in early 2004, a brown dwarf companion Nu Ophiuchi b was discovered. This sub-stellar companion has at least 21.9 times the mass of Jupiter and takes 536 days (1.47 years) to complete an orbit. A second brown dwarf companion was discovered in 2010, orbiting further from the star with a period of 3,169 days (8.68 years). These have been confirmed in 2012.
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