Beta_Corvi

Beta Corvi

Beta Corvi

Star in the constellation of Corvus

Beta Corvi or β Corvi, officially named Kraz (/ˈkræz/),[11] is the second-brightest star in the southern constellation of Corvus with an apparent visual magnitude of 2.647.[2] Based on parallax measurements obtained during the Hipparcos mission, it is about 146 light-years (45 parsecs) distant from the Sun.

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Nomenclature

β Corvi (Latinised to Beta Corvi) is the star's Bayer designation.

In a 1951 publication, Atlas Coeli (Skalnate Pleso Atlas of the Heavens) by Czech astronomer Antonín Bečvář, it bore the name Kraz, whose origin and meaning remain unknown.[12][13][14] In 2016, the IAU organized a Working Group on Star Names (WGSN)[15] to catalog and standardize proper names for stars. The WGSN approved the name Kraz for this star on 1 June 2018 and it is now so included in the List of IAU-approved Star Names.[11]

In Chinese, 軫宿 (Zhěn Sù), meaning Chariot (asterism), refers to an asterism consisting of Beta, Gamma, Epsilon and Delta Corvi.[16] Consequently, Beta Corvi itself is known as 軫宿四 (Zhěn Sù sì, English: the Fourth Star of Chariot).[17]

Properties

Beta Corvi has about 3.7 times the Sun's mass and is roughly 206 million years old,[3] which is old enough for a star of this mass to consume the hydrogen at its core and evolve away from the main sequence. The stellar classification is G5 II,[3] with the luminosity class of 'II' indicating this is a bright giant. The effective temperature of the star's outer envelope is about 5,100 K,[3] which produces a yellow hue common to G-type stars.[18]

The measured angular diameter of this star is 3.30 ± 0.17 mas.[7] At an estimated distance of 146 light-years (45 parsecs),[1] this yields a physical size of about 16 times the radius of the Sun.[13][19] Because of the star's mass and radius, it is emitting about 164 times the luminosity of the Sun.[8] The abundance of elements other than hydrogen or helium, what astronomers term metallicity, is similar to the proportions in the Sun.[6]

This is a variable star that ranges in apparent visual magnitude from a low of 2.66 to a high of 2.60.[20]

See also

References

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