★ Star Alpha Fornacis | Nearby stars catalogue

Binary star Alpha Fornacis is located 45.7 light years away from the Sun. It is a system with 2 stars. For now, there are no known exoplanets in this system.

Alpha Fornacis A

Yellow-White star (spectral class F6V)

Mass: 1.33 M Sun

Size: 2.04 R Sun

Temperature: 6240 K | 1.08 T Sun

Age: 2.9 billions years | 0.63 Sun

Luminosity: 4.87 L Sun

Apparent magnitude (V): 3.98

(No known exoplanets yet)

Photometry

K
2.1

H
1.6

J
1.2

Grp
0.8

I
0.8

G
0.6

V
0.5

Gbp
0.5

B
0.4

U
0.3

Alpha Fornacis B

Yellow star (spectral class G7V)

Mass: 1.01 M Sun (estimate)

Size: 0.94 R Sun (estimate)

Apparent magnitude (V): 7.19

(No known exoplanets yet)

Photometry

K
2.1

H
1.6

J
1.2

Grp
0.8

I
0.8

G
0.6

V
0.5

Gbp
0.5

B
0.4

U
0.3

More about Alpha Fornacis

      Nearby star Alpha Fornacis can be found in southern celestial hemisphere, and it is possible to see it with naked eye. The star is observable also from Northern America, Europe and Asia.

Other designations of this star
* alf For A, α For, 12 Eridani, CD−29° 1177, GJ 127, Gliese 127, HD 20010, HIC 14879, HIP 14879, HR 963, SAO 168373, LTT 1512, 2MASS J03120443-2859156, Dalim , Gaia EDR3 5059348952161258624

External sources

Sources

Simbad database (* alf For B)

Gaia database (Gaia EDR3 5059349158319689344)

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