Iota Pictoris

{{Short description|Star in the constellation Pictor}}

{{Starbox begin}}

{{Starbox observe 2s

| epoch = J2000.0

| equinox = J2000.0 (ICRS)

| constell = Pictor

| component1 = ι Pic A

| ra1 = {{RA|04|50|55.32684}}

| dec1 = {{DEC|-53|27|41.2300}}

| appmag_v1 = 5.63

| component2 = ι Pic B

| ra2 = {{RA|04|50|56.49825}}

| dec2 = {{DEC|-53|27|34.9159}}

| appmag_v2 = 6.47

}}

{{Starbox character

| component1 = ι Pic A

| class = F0 V

| b-v = 0.32

| u-b = 0.06

| r-i =

| variable =

| component2 = ι Pic B

| class2 = F4 V

| b-v2 = 0.37

}}

{{Starbox astrometry

| component1 = ι Pic A

| radial_v = {{Val|8.6|3.4}}

| prop_mo_ra = −98.707

| prop_mo_dec = +80.769

| parallax = 24.9211

| p_error = 0.1559

| parallax_footnote =

| absmag_v = 2.50

| component2 = ι Pic B

| radial_v2 = {{Val|23.3|1.0}}

| prop_mo_ra2 = −98.707

| prop_mo_dec2 = +66.139

| parallax2 = 25.6610

| p_error2 = 0.4106

| parallax_footnote2 =

| absmag_v2 = 3.30

}}

{{Starbox detail

| source =

| component1 = ι Pic A

| mass = 1.51

| radius = {{Val|1.80|0.23|0.11}}

| gravity = {{Val|4.28|0.14}}

| metal_fe =

| age_myr = 696

| luminosity = {{Val|7.2|0.1}}

| temperature = {{Val|7331|249|fmt=commas}}

| rotational_velocity =

| component2 = ι Pic B

| mass2 = 2.76

| radius2 = {{Val|1.48|0.04|0.06}}

| gravity2 = {{Val|4.24|0.14}}

| metal_fe2 =

| age_myr2 = 516

| luminosity2 = {{Val|3.4|0.06}}

| temperature2 = {{Val|6435|219|fmt=commas}}

}}

{{Starbox catalog

| names = {{odlist | B=ι Pic | CPD=-53°760 | WDS=J04509-5328AB }}

| component1 = ι Pic A

| names1 = {{odlist | HD=31203 | HIP=22531 | HR=1563 | SAO=233709 }}

| component2 = ι Pic B

| names2 = {{odlist | HD=31204 | HIP=22534 | HR=1564 | SAO=233710 }}

}}

{{Starbox reference

| Simbad = iot+Pic

}}

{{starbox end}}

ι Pictoris, Latinized from Iota Pictoris, is a suspected multiple star system in the southern Pictor constellation. It is visible to the naked eye as a dim, yellow-white-hued point of light with a combined apparent visual magnitude of 5.28. The two resolvable components have an angular separation of {{Val|8.2|ul=arcseconds}}, equivalent to a physical projected separation of around {{Val|450|ul=AU}}. They are located at a distance of around 127–131 light-years from the Sun, based on parallax.

The two visible components appear as F-type main-sequence stars: the magnitude 5.63 component A has a stellar classification of F0 V, while the cooler, fainter secondary is of class F4 V. Both are themselves are suspected spectroscopic binary stars consisting of roughly equal components. Component B actually has a higher estimated mass than Component A, although the radius of B is smaller. They are both more luminous than the Sun, and have an estimated age of around 500–600 million years.