Pi2 Columbae
A white-hued multiple star system in Columba with an X-ray emitting primary.
Pi2 Columbae is a multiple star system in the southern constellation Columba, near the border with Pictor. It has a combined apparent visual magnitude of 5.50 and is located about 256 light-years from the Sun, receding with a heliocentric radial velocity of +31 km/s. The primary is an A-type main-sequence star of spectral class A0 V, and the system is an unusual source of X-ray emission for an A-type star.
Quick Facts
- Constellation
- Columba
- Combined apparent visual magnitude
- 5.50
- Distance
- about 256 ly
- Heliocentric radial velocity
- +31 km/s
- Spectral class (primary)
- A0 V
- Mass (primary)
- 2.34 solar masses
- Effective temperature (primary)
- 9,646 K
- Projected rotational velocity (primary)
- 274 km/s
Facts from the source article.
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