Epsilon Doradus
Star in the constellation Dorado
Epsilon Doradus , Latinized from ε Doradus, is a solitary[ 9] star located in the southern constellation of Dorado . It is visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of 5.11.[ 2] Based upon an annual parallax shift of 5.68 mas as measured from Earth, it is located roughly 570 light years from the Sun . At that distance, the visual magnitude of the star is diminished by an extinction factor of 0.09 due to interstellar dust .[ 6]
This is a B-type main sequence star with a stellar classification of B6 V.[ 3] It is a slowly pulsating B-type star with a mean longitudinal magnetic field strength of −64± 26 G .[ 4] With 4.31[ 7] times the mass of the Sun and 3.8[ 4] times the Sun's radius , it is about 85% of the way through its main sequence lifetime.[ 7] The star is an estimated 210[ 6] million years old and is spinning with a projected rotational velocity of 17 km/s.[ 7] Epsilon Doradus radiates 556 times the solar luminosity from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 13,212 K.[ 7]
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