List of stars in Fornax - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

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Star

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s in the constellation

Constellation

In modern astronomy, a constellation is an internationally defined area of the celestial sphere. These areas are grouped around asterisms, patterns formed by prominent stars within apparent proximity to one another on Earth's night sky....

Fornax, sorted by decreasing brightness.

Name	B Bayer designation A Bayer designation is a stellar designation in which a specific star is identified by a Greek letter, followed by the genitive form of its parent constellation's Latin name...	G. Gould designation Gould designations for stars are similar to Flamsteed designations in the way that they number stars within a constellation in increasing order of right ascension. Each star is assigned an integer , followed by " G. " , and then the Latin genitive of the constellation it lies in...	HD Henry Draper Catalogue The Henry Draper Catalogue is an astronomical star catalogue published between 1918 and 1924, giving spectroscopic classifications for 225,300 stars; it was later expanded by the Henry Draper Extension , published between 1925 and 1936, which gave classifications for 46,850 more stars, and by the...	HIP	vis. mag. Apparent magnitude The apparent magnitude of a celestial body is a measure of its brightness as seen by an observer on Earth, adjusted to the value it would have in the absence of the atmosphere...	abs. mag. Absolute magnitude Absolute magnitude is the measure of a celestial object's intrinsic brightness. it is also the apparent magnitude a star would have if it were 32.6 light years away from Earth...	Dist. (ly)	Sp. class Stellar classification In astronomy, stellar classification is a classification of stars based on their spectral characteristics. The spectral class of a star is a designated class of a star describing the ionization of its chromosphere, what atomic excitations are most prominent in the light, giving an objective measure...	Notes
α For Alpha Fornacis Alpha Fornacis is the brightest star in the constellation Fornax, its only star brighter than magnitude 4.0. It has the proper names Dalim and Fornacis...	α	27	20010	14879	3.80	3.05	46	F8V	＝ 12 Eri Eridanus (constellation) Eridanus is a constellation. It is represented as a river; its name is the Ancient Greek name for the Po River. It was one of the 48 constellations listed by the 2nd century astronomer Ptolemy, and it remains one of the 88 modern constellations. It is the sixth largest of the modern... ; Dalim, Fornacis; binary star Binary star A binary star is a star system consisting of two stars orbiting around their common center of mass. The brighter star is called the primary and the other is its companion star, comes, or secondary...
β For Beta Fornacis Beta Fornacis is a G-type giant star in the constellation of Fornax. It has an apparent visual magnitude of approximately 4.465....	β	49	17652	13147	4.45	0.88	169	G8III	double star Double star In observational astronomy, a double star is a pair of stars that appear close to each other in the sky as seen from Earth when viewed through an optical telescope. This can happen either because the pair forms a binary star, i.e...
ν For	ν	15	12767	9677	4.68	−0.54	361	B9.5p (Si)	α² CVn variable Alpha2 Canum Venaticorum variable An Alpha2 Canum Venaticorum variable is a type of variable star. These stars are chemically peculiar main sequence stars of spectral class B8p to A7p. They have strong magnetic fields and strong silicon, strontium, or chromium spectral lines...
ω For Omega Fornacis Omega Fornacis is a star in the Fornax constellation....	ω	34	16046	11918	4.96	−0.76	453	B9V	double star
δ For	δ	103	23227	17304	4.99	−1.77	733	B5III
φ For	φ	28	15427	11477	5.13	1.78	153	A2/A3V
κ For	κ	23	14802	11072	5.19	3.48	71	G2V
μ For	μ	19	13709	10320	5.27	0.23	332	A0V
π For	π	12	12438	9440	5.34	0.68	278	G8III
γ² For	γ²	51	17729	13202	5.39	−0.76	554	A1V
η³ For	η³	53	17829	13265	5.48	−0.58	531	K2III
ρ For	ρ	109	23940	17738	5.52	0.83	282	G6III	variable
AI For		83	20729	15479	5.63	−2.15	1173	M1III	semiregular variable
ζ For	ζ	65	18692	13942	5.69	3.14	105	F3V	binary star
χ² For	χ²	91	21574	16112	5.71	−0.06	464	K2III
ι¹ For	ι¹	35	16307	12122	5.74	−0.76	649	G8/K0III
λ² For Lambda2 Fornacis Lambda² Fornacis is a 6th magnitude G-type main sequence star located approximately 83 light years away in the constellation of Fornax...	λ²	36	16417	12186	5.78	3.74	83	G1V	has a planet Extrasolar planet An extrasolar planet, or exoplanet, is a planet outside the Solar System. A total of such planets have been identified as of . It is now known that a substantial fraction of stars have planets, including perhaps half of all Sun-like stars... (b HD 16417 b HD 16417 b is an extrasolar planet located approximately 83 light years away in the constellation of Fornax, orbiting the 6th magnitude G-type main sequence star λ2 Fornacis. This planet has minimum mass only 7% that of Jupiter, making this a Neptune-mass planet... )
ι² For	ι²	37	16538	12288	5.84	3.08	116	F5V
ε For	ε	68	18907	14086	5.88	3.47	99	G8/K0V
λ¹ For	λ¹	33	15975	11867	5.91	0.58	380	K0/K1III
σ For	σ	105	23738	17618	5.91	0.89	329	A2V
η² For	η²	52	17793	13225	5.92	−0.01	500	K0III	double star
ψ For	ψ	55	18149	13473	5.93	2.06	194	F5V
		82	20606	15357	5.93	1.97	202	F3V+...
		90	21430	16029	5.93	0.31	434	K0III
		40	16975	12608	5.99	0.66	380	G8III
τ For	τ	101	22789	17007	6.01	0.47	417	A0V
		6	11643	8820	6.09	0.77	378	K1/K2III
		29	15471	11524	6.11	0.83	370	K2IIICN...
γ¹ For	γ¹	50	17713	13197	6.14	0.91	363	K0III	multiple star
		63	18650	13907	6.14	1.05	339	K1III
		76	20176	15024	6.17	0.46	452	K1IICN...
		69	19545	14551	6.18	2.38	188	A3V
		96	22262	16628	6.20	3.06	138	F5V	double star
		44	17168	12786	6.21	1.06	349	A1V
		78	20293	15125	6.25	0.12	548	A1V
		32	15889	11802	6.28	0.73	421	K0III
		61	18466	13768	6.29	0.49	471	A2/A3V:+...
		75	20144	14972	6.29	0.45	479	B9IV/V
		14	12596	9562	6.30	−1.04	959	K2III
		66	18735	13947	6.32	0.81	413	A0V
		2	11050	8369	6.33	0.17	557	K0III
		22	14412	10798	6.33	5.81	41	G8V
		3	11183	8480	6.35	0.68	444	K2/K3III
		87	20980	15700	6.36	0.66	450	A1V
		4	11262	8514	6.37	4.20	88	F6V	double star
		9	12135	9207	6.37	1.24	346	K0III	double star
		1	10863	8233	6.38	3.20	141	F2V
		54	17926	13363	6.38	3.85	105	F6V
		94	21997	16449	6.38	2.04	241	A3IV/V
χ¹ For	χ¹	89	21423	15987	6.39	1.39	326	A1IV	variable
		98	22322	16672	6.39	−1.75	1381	K3III	double star
		13	12563	9521	6.40	0.69	452	A3III
		86	20853	15585	6.40	2.97	158	F7V
		62	18546	13789	6.41	1.18	362	A0Vn
		26	14988	11212	6.45	0.37	536	K3III
		25	14890	11121	6.47	−1.31	1173	K2III
		18	13305	10069	6.48	2.51	203	F0IV/V
		38	16589	12300	6.48	2.84	174	F6V	spectroscopic binary
		97	22333	16697	6.48	0.16	599	K0III
χ³ For	χ³	92	21635	16156	6.49	1.26	362	A1V	double star
TY For		30	15634	11644	6.50	1.36	347	A9V:n	low amplitude δ Sct variable Delta Scuti variable A Delta Scuti variable is a variable star which exhibits variations in its luminosity due to both radial and non-radial pulsations of the star's surface. Typical brightness fluctuations are from 0.003 to 0.9 magnitudes in V over a period of a few hours, although the amplitude and period of the... ;
η¹ For	η¹	46	17528	13040	6.51	0.12	619	K0/K1III
HD 20782 HD 20782 HD 20782 is a 7th magnitude G-type main sequence star about 117 light-years away in the constellation of Fornax. HD 20782 is a part of a wide binary system with HD 20781, both stars host a planetary system. This is the first known case of planetary systems around both stars, the primary and...			20782	15527	7.38	4.60	117	G3V	has a planet (b HD 20782 b HD 20782 b is an extrasolar planet located approximately 117 light-years away in the constellation of Fornax, orbiting the star HD 20782. This planet orbits in a highly eccentric orbit with a semi-major axis of 1.36 AU. The planet's extremely high eccentricity is comparable to that of HD 80606 b.... )
HD 20868 HD 20868 \|- bgcolor="#FFFAFA"HD 20868 is an low-mass K type star in the southern constellation Fornax. It is a 10th magnitude star at a distance of about 151 light years from Earth.- Planetary system :...			20868	15578	9.92	6.47	159	K3/4IV	has a planet (b HD 20868 b HD 20868 b is an extrasolar planet located approximately 159 light-years away in the constellation of Fornax, orbiting the 10th magnitude K-type subgiant star HD 20868. This planet has a minimum mass of 1.99 times more than Jupiter and orbits at a distance of 0.947 AU... )
HIP 13044 HIP 13044 HIP 13044 is a red horizontal branch star about 2,300 light years away from the Earth in the constellation Fornax. The star is part of the Helmi stream, a former dwarf galaxy that merged with the Milky Way between six and nine billion years ago. As a result, HIP 13044 circles the galactic center...				13044	9.94		2286	F2	has a planet (b HIP 13044 b HIP 13044 b is a Jupiter-like extrasolar planet orbiting the old and metal-poor red giant star HIP 13044, which is situated approximately 2,000 light years away from the Earth in the constellation Fornax. Its discovery was announced on November 18, 2010 after observations using the FEROS... )

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