Observation data Epoch J2000.0 Equinox J2000.0 (ICRS) | |
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Constellation | Tucana |
Right ascension | 01h 15m 46.16226s[1] |
Declination | −68° 52′ 33.3356″[1] |
Apparent magnitude (V) | +4.25[2] or +4.86[3] (5.00 + 7.74 + 7.84 + 8.44)[4] |
Characteristics | |
Spectral type | F6 IV + G5 V + K2V + ?[5] |
B−V color index | 0.48[6] |
Astrometry | |
Radial velocity (Rv) | +7.7±1.7[2] km/s |
Proper motion (μ) | RA: +412.11[1] mas/yr Dec.: +127.74[1] mas/yr |
Parallax (π) | 47.72 ± 0.41 mas[1] |
Distance | 68.3 ± 0.6 ly (21.0 ± 0.2 pc) |
Absolute magnitude (MV) | 3.50[6] |
Orbit[7] | |
Period (P) | 857.0 yr |
Semi-major axis (a) | 5.960″ |
Eccentricity (e) | 0.384 |
Inclination (i) | 127.1° |
Longitude of the node (Ω) | 10.3° |
Periastron epoch (T) | 1763.50 |
Argument of periastron (ω) (secondary) | 284.9° |
Details | |
κ Tuc A | |
Mass | 1.37[8] M☉ |
Temperature | 6,366[6] K |
Rotational velocity (v sin i) | 61.1±3.1[6] km/s |
κ Tuc B | |
Mass | 0.85[8] M☉ |
Other designations | |
κ Tuc, HD 7788, HIP 5896, HR 377, SAO 248346[9] | |
Database references | |
SIMBAD | data |
Kappa Tucanae, Latinised from, κ Tucanae, is a quadruple[5] star system in the southern constellation Tucana. It is visible to the naked eye as a faint point of light with a combined apparent visual magnitude of either +4.25[2] or +4.86,[3] depending on the source. The system is located approximately 68 light years from the Sun based on parallax, and is drifting further away with a radial velocity of +8 km/s.[2]
The system consists of two binary pairs separated by 5.3 arcminutes. The brightest star, Kappa Tucanae A, is a yellow-white F-type subgiant with an apparent magnitude of +5.0. Its binary companion, Kappa Tucanae B, has a magnitude of 7.74 and is located about 6″ away from the primary. It completes an orbit around the primary every 857 years.[7]
The other binary pair, the magnitude +7.8 C, and the magnitude +8.4 D, are closer to one another, at 1.12 arcseconds, or at least 23 astronomical units. They orbit each other once every 86.2 years.
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