Φ3_Ceti

Phi<sup>3</sup> Ceti

Phi3 Ceti

Star in the constellation Cetus

Phi3 Ceti is a solitary,[8] orange-hued star in the equatorial constellation of Cetus. It is faintly visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of 5.31.[2] Based upon an annual parallax shift of 6.11 mas as seen from Earth,[1] it is located approximately 530 light years from the Sun, give or take 20 light years. The star is drifting closer with a radial velocity of −25.5 km/s.[1]

For other stars with this Bayer designation, see φ Ceti.
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This is an evolved K-type giant star with a stellar classification of K5 III.[3] It has about 1.4[5] times the mass and 44[1] times the radius of the Sun. The star radiates 441 times the solar luminosity from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 3,974 K.[1]

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    Johnson, H. L.; et al. (1966), "UBVRIJKL photometry of the bright stars", Communications of the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, 4 (99): 99, Bibcode:1966CoLPL...4...99J.
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    Houk, N.; Swift, C. (1999), "Michigan catalogue of two-dimensional spectral types for the HD Stars", Michigan Spectral Survey, 5, Ann Arbor, Michigan: Department of Astronomy, University of Michigan, Bibcode:1999MSS...C05....0H.
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    "phi03 Cet". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2017-04-22.
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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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