Tau2 Gruis (Tau2 Gruis), is a double star located in the constellation Grus. The somewhat faint double star can be located west of Beta Gruis. As of 2015, the pair had an angular separation of 0.60 arc seconds along a position angle of 176°.[3] The system is 156 light years from Earth. The two stars were assigned the designation Tau2 due to their proximity to Tau3 Grus, by Louis de Lacaille in his Coelum Australe Stelliferum.
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Observation data Epoch J2000.0 Equinox J2000.0 (ICRS) | |
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Constellation | Grus |
Right ascension | 22h 55m 16.14624s[1] |
Declination | −48° 27′ 56.8622″[1] |
Apparent magnitude (V) | 7.035[2] (7.29 + 8.91)[3] |
Characteristics | |
Spectral type | G3/6[4] |
Astrometry | |
Radial velocity (Rv) | 0.9[5] km/s |
Proper motion (μ) | RA: −227.04[1] mas/yr Dec.: +62.29[1] mas/yr |
Parallax (π) | 20.97 ± 0.84 mas[1] |
Distance | 156 ± 6 ly (48 ± 2 pc) |
Absolute magnitude (MV) | 3.64[2] |
Details[5] | |
Mass | 1.11 M☉ |
Surface gravity (log g) | 4.10 cgs |
Temperature | 6,008 K |
Metallicity [Fe/H] | −0.19 dex |
Age | 6.3 Gyr |
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