Pi6 Orionis

For other stars with this Bayer designation, see Pi Orionis.

Pi⁶ Orionis (π⁶ Ori, π⁶ Orionis) is a solitary^[9] star in the eastern part of the constellation Orion. It is visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of 4.469.^[2] Based upon an annual parallax shift of 3.45 mas,^[1] it is around 950 light-years from the Sun. At that distance, the visual magnitude of the star is reduced by an interstellar absorption factor of 0.52.^[4]

Pi⁶ Orionis

Location of π6 Orionis (circled)
Observation data Epoch J2000.0      Equinox J2000.0 (ICRS)
Constellation	Orion
Right ascension	04h 58m 32.90210s[1]
Declination	+01° 42′ 50.4582″[1]
Apparent magnitude (V)	4.469[2]
Characteristics
Spectral type	K0/1 III[3]
U−B color index	+1.506[2]
B−V color index	+1.390[2]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)	+15.36±0.24[4] km/s
Proper motion (μ)	RA: −1.30[1] mas/yr Dec.: −7.67[1] mas/yr
Parallax (π)	3.45 ± 0.30 mas[1]
Distance	950 ± 80 ly (290 ± 30 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)	−2.86[5]
Details[6]
Mass	4.15±0.68 M☉
Radius	87.73±9.79 R☉
Luminosity	2,185.6±418.7 L☉
Surface gravity (log g)	1.20±0.15 cgs
Temperature	4,217±121 K
Metallicity [Fe/H]	−0.23±0.10 dex
Rotational velocity (v sin i)	8[7] km/s
Age	230±11 Myr
Other designations
π6 Ori, 10 Orionis, BD+01°872, HD 31767, HIP 23123, HR 1601, SAO 112281[8]
Database references
SIMBAD	data

This is an evolved K-type giant star on the horizontal branch,^[6] with a stellar classification of K0/1 III.^[3] It is a suspected variable star with a measured variation between 4.45 and 4.49 in visual magnitude.^[10] Pi⁶ Orionis has over four times the mass of the Sun and has expanded to around 88 times the Sun's radius. Over the course of its life span, the star has shed around 0.04±0.01 solar mass. With an effective temperature of 4,217 K in its outer atmosphere it is radiating roughly 2,200 times the solar luminosity.^[6]

References

1. van Leeuwen, F. (2007), "Validation of the new Hipparcos reduction", Astronomy and Astrophysics, 474 (2): 653–664, arXiv:0708.1752, Bibcode:2007A&A...474..653V, doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20078357, S2CID 18759600.
2. Cousins, A. W. J. (1984), "Standardization of Broadband Photometry of Equatorial Standards", South African Astronomical Observatory Circulars, 8: 59, Bibcode:1984SAAOC...8...59C.
3. Houk, N.; Swift, C. (1999), "Michigan catalogue of two-dimensional spectral types for the HD Stars", Michigan Spectral Survey, 5, Bibcode:1999MSS...C05....0H.
4. Famaey, B.; et al. (2005), "Local kinematics of K and M giants from CORAVEL/Hipparcos/Tycho-2 data. Revisiting the concept of superclusters", Astronomy and Astrophysics, 430: 165, arXiv:astro-ph/0409579, Bibcode:2005A&A...430..165F, doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20041272, S2CID 17804304.
5. Cardini, D. (January 2005), "Mg II chromospheric radiative loss rates in cool active and quiet stars", Astronomy and Astrophysics, 430: 303–311, arXiv:astro-ph/0409683, Bibcode:2005A&A...430..303C, doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20041440, S2CID 12136256.
6. Reffert, Sabine; et al. (2015), "Precise radial velocities of giant stars. VII. Occurrence rate of giant extrasolar planets as a function of mass and metallicity", Astronomy and Astrophysics, 574A (2): 116–129, arXiv:1412.4634, Bibcode:2015A&A...574A.116R, doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201322360, hdl:10722/215277, S2CID 59334290.
7. Bernacca, P. L.; Perinotto, M. (1970), "A catalogue of stellar rotational velocities", Contributi Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova in Asiago, 239 (1): 1, Bibcode:1970CoAsi.239....1B.
8. "pi.06 Ori". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2016-11-22.
9. 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.
10. Kukarkin, B. V.; et al. (1981), "Catalogue of suspected variable stars", Nachrichtenblatt der Vereinigung der Sternfreunde E.V., Bibcode:1981NVS...C......0K.