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Fomalhaut Overview

Fomalhaut B 0.69 R⦿ 4617.31 K
Fomalhaut C 0.23 R⦿ 3172.00 K
Fomalhaut 1.92 R⦿ 8399.00 K
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Fomalhaut b
Architecture
Fomalhaut
Fomalhaut B
Fomalhaut C
Fomalhaut
Fomalhaut b
Other Data
Bibliography 17
Exoplanet Archive Notes 6
Fomalhaut B Nearby Data 2
Fomalhaut C Nearby Data 2
Fomalhaut Nearby Data 2
Discovery Data
Host Planet Method Year Reference Disposition
Fomalhaut Fomalhaut b Imaging 2008 Kalas et al. 2008 False Positive Planet
Fomalhaut
  • This reference contains discussion regarding the stellar multiplicity of this system. (Mamajek 2012)
  • This reference contains discussion regarding the stellar multiplicity of this system. (Mamajek et al. 2013)
Fomalhaut Fomalhaut b
RA
22h56m24.45s
Dec
-31d33m58.49s
Distance
7.60648±0.00499 pc
Parallax
131.4380000±0.0856406 mas
Ecliptic Latitude
-22.79579 deg
Ecliptic Longitude
332.7282 deg
Galactic Latitude
-64.61868 deg
Galactic Longitude
15.93528 deg
Total Proper Motion
365.6195738±0.1130627 mas/yr
Proper Motion (RA)
329.577000±0.115848 mas/yr
Proper Motion (Dec)
-158.293000±0.100096 mas/yr
Photometry
mV
6.48±0.03
mTESS
5.4128±0.0068
mJ
4.533±0.037
mH
3.804±0.210
mKs
3.805±0.240
mW1
---
mW2
---
mW3
---
mW4
---
mIc
---
mGaia
6.0763500±0.0014683
mB
7.586±0.018
Tools
ExoFOP Target Overview Page
IRSA Finding Chart
Source TICv8
Teff
(K)
4617.310+106.208-110.135
L✶
(log10(L⦿))
-0.7069726+0.0155102-0.0182783
Metallicity
(dex)
0.0453846±0.0499230 [M/H]
ρ✶
(g/cm3)
3.0997287+0.7833065-0.7571486
M✶
(M⦿)
0.7300000+0.0717938-0.0998661
R✶
(R⦿)
0.6924500+0.0446950-0.0472045
log g
(log10(cm/s2))
4.6206100+0.0858942-0.0886350
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RA
22h48m04.87s
Dec
-24d22m10.57s
Distance
7.67271±0.00442 pc
Parallax
130.3030000±0.0745599 mas
Ecliptic Latitude
-15.46958 deg
Ecliptic Longitude
334.02148 deg
Galactic Latitude
-62.1553 deg
Galactic Longitude
31.63169 deg
Total Proper Motion
379.2346516±0.1129551 mas/yr
Proper Motion (RA)
331.899000±0.113268 mas/yr
Proper Motion (Dec)
-183.472000±0.111925 mas/yr
Photometry
mV
12.639±0.026
mTESS
9.7816600±0.0074452
mJ
8.075±0.023
mH
7.527±0.055
mKs
7.206±0.021
mW1
---
mW2
---
mW3
---
mW4
---
mIc
---
mGaia
11.135700±0.000958
mB
14.365±0.066
Tools
ExoFOP Target Overview Page
IRSA Finding Chart
Source TICv8
Teff
(K)
3172.0±157.0
L✶
(log10(L⦿))
-2.3176+0.1003-0.1306
ρ✶
(g/cm3)
23.1757116±0.2539816
M✶
(M⦿)
0.1992360±0.0200993
R✶
(R⦿)
0.2297030±0.0069063
log g
(log10(cm/s2))
5.0151000±0.0178388
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RA
22h57m39.02s
Dec
-29d37m19.40s
Distance
7.70 pc
Parallax
129.87 mas
Ecliptic Latitude
-21.13542 deg
Ecliptic Longitude
333.85637 deg
Galactic Latitude
-64.9095 deg
Galactic Longitude
20.48857 deg
Total Proper Motion
367.6098475±8.0000000 mas/yr
Proper Motion (RA)
329.0±8.0 mas/yr
Proper Motion (Dec)
-164.0±8.0 mas/yr
Photometry
mV
---
mTESS
1.537±0.800
mJ
1.037±0.234
mH
0.9370±0.2560
mKs
0.9450±0.2860
mW1
>-1.472
mW2
>-0.750
mW3
1.111±0.082
mW4
0.790±0.016
mIc
---
mGaia
---
mB
-0.120±0.237
Tools
ExoFOP Target Overview Page
IRSA Finding Chart
Source Swastik et al. 2021 TICv8 Turnbull 2015 Beust et al. 2014 Kalas et al. 2008 Gray et al. 2006 Garrison & Beattie 1998 Cannon & Pickering 1918
Teff
(K)
8508+43-12
 8515.4810±35.1802 8399 --- --- --- --- ---
L✶
(log10(L⦿))
--- --- 1.217±0.001 --- --- --- --- ---
M✶
(M⦿)
--- --- 2.05 1.92 2 --- --- ---
R✶
(R⦿)
--- --- 1.92 --- --- --- --- ---
log g
(log10(cm/s2))
4.02+0.01-0.02
 --- 4.14 --- --- --- --- ---
Sp. T
--- --- A3V --- A3 V A4 V A3 Va A3
Metallicity
(dex)
0.13+0.05-0.03
[Fe/H] 		--- --- --- --- --- --- ---
v sin i
(km/s)
75.31+0.57-0.14
 --- --- --- 3.9 --- --- ---
Age
(Gyr)
--- --- --- --- 0.2±0.1 --- --- ---
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Status
False Positive Planet
Detected By
Imaging
Tools
Source Kalas et al. 2008
Mp
(M⨁)
826±286
Mp
(MJup)
2.6±0.9
e
>0.13
P
(days)
318000
a
(au)
119
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Literature Time Series (1 File Type, 1 File)
File Type Data Points Filter Reference
Photometric Light Curve     73 Hp (Hipparcos) Hipparcos and Tycho Catalogs
Known Objects
1 2MASS Point Source Catalog
Known Objects
1 2MASS Point Source Catalog
Known Objects
1 2MASS Point Source Catalog
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Star
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Candidate
False Positive Planet
Controversial
False Positive
Aliases
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