Ι2_Cygni

Iota<sup>2</sup> Cygni

Iota2 Cygni

A-type main sequence star in the constellation Cygnus

Iota2 Cygni, Latinized from ι2 Cygni and often simply called ι Cygni,[8] is a single[9] star in the constellation Cygnus. It is visible to the naked eye as a white-hued point of light with an apparent visual magnitude of 3.76.[2] Located around 121.3 light-years distant from the Sun based on parallax,[1] it is drifting closer with a radial velocity of −19.5 km/s and is expected to come to within 92 light-years in around 783,000 years.[2]

For other stars with this Bayer designation, see ι Cygni.
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This it is an A-type main-sequence star with a stellar classification of A5V,[3] a star that is currently fusing its core hydrogen. It is around 577[4] million years old and is spinning rapidly with a projected rotational velocity of 240 km/s.[6] The star has 1.8[4] times the mass of the Sun and 3.8[5] times the Sun's radius. It is radiating 35[5] times the luminosity of the Sun from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 8,216 K.[4] Based on rapid changes in the strength of a singly-ionized calcium absorption line, the star is likely host to a circumstellar disk.[10]

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    David, Trevor J.; Hillenbrand, Lynne A. (2015), "The Ages of Early-Type Stars: Strömgren Photometric Methods Calibrated, Validated, Tested, and Applied to Hosts and Prospective Hosts of Directly Imaged Exoplanets", The Astrophysical Journal, 804 (2): 146, arXiv:1501.03154, Bibcode:2015ApJ...804..146D, doi:10.1088/0004-637X/804/2/146, S2CID 33401607.
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    Kaler, Jim. "Kappa, Iota Cygni". STARS. Retrieved 2016-05-19.
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    Eggleton, P. P.; Tokovinin, A. A. (September 2008), "A catalogue of multiplicity among bright stellar systems", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 389 (2): 869–879, arXiv:0806.2878, Bibcode:2008MNRAS.389..869E, doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2008.13596.x, S2CID 14878976
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    Montgomery, Sharon L.; Welsh, Barry Y. (October 2012). "Detection of Variable Gaseous Absorption Features in the Debris Disks Around Young A-type Stars". Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. 124 (920): 1042–1056. Bibcode:2012PASP..124.1042M. doi:10.1086/668293.
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