Gamma Doradus

E776904

Gamma Doradus is a variable star in the southern constellation Dorado, serving as the prototype of the Gamma Doradus class of pulsating variables.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Gamma Doradus variable
pulsating variable star
star
age about 1.5 billion years
apparentMagnitudeRangeV 4.16–4.27
apparentMagnitudeV 4.25
BayerDesignation γ Doradus NERFINISHED
belongsTo Milky Way NERFINISHED
catalog Henry Draper Catalogue NERFINISHED
colorIndexBminusV about +0.33
constellation Dorado NERFINISHED
declination −51° 29′ 12″
discovererOfVariability C. Henry et al. NERFINISHED
discoveryOfVariability 1990s
distanceFromEarth about 102 light-years
about 31 parsecs
effectiveTemperature about 7,000 K
FlamsteedDesignation 3 Doradus NERFINISHED
galacticPopulation thin disk
hasVariabilityAmplitude a few hundredths of a magnitude
HDNumber HD 27290 NERFINISHED
hemisphere southern celestial hemisphere
HIPNumber HIP 19893 NERFINISHED
HRNumber HR 1338 NERFINISHED
isPrototypeOf Gamma Doradus class of variable stars NERFINISHED
isVisibleToNakedEye yes
locatedIn Dorado constellation region of the sky NERFINISHED
luminosity about 6 times solar luminosity
mass about 1.6 solar masses
metallicity near solar
observedIn photometric surveys
visual band
parallax 32.04 mas
properMotionDec −15 mas/yr
properMotionRA +104 mas/yr
prototypeOf Gamma Doradus variables NERFINISHED
pulsationMode non-radial g-modes
pulsationPeriod about 0.75 days
pulsationPeriodRange 0.3–3 days
radialVelocity about +28 km/s
radius about 1.6 solar radii
rightAscension 04h 16m 01s
SIMBADIdentifier gam Dor NERFINISHED
spectralClass F-type main-sequence star
spectralType F1V
variabilityMechanism gravity-mode pulsations
variableType Gamma Doradus NERFINISHED

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constellation Dorado containsBrightStar Gamma Doradus
subject surface form: Dorado