Beta Doradus

Starbox begin
name = β DoradusStarbox observe
epoch = J2000.0
equinox = J2000.0 (ICRS)
constell = Dorado
ra = RA|05|33|37.5177SIMBAD link|bet+dor|V* bet Dor -- Classical Cepheid (delta Cep type), database entry, SIMBAD. Accessed on line September 9, 2008.]
dec = DEC|−62|29|23.371
appmag_v=3.46 to 4.08bet Dor, database entry, [http://www.sai.msu.su/groups/cluster/gcvs/gcvs/iii/iii.dat The combined table of GCVS Vols I-III and NL 67-78 with improved coordinates, General Catalogue of Variable Stars] , Sternberg Astronomical Institute, Moscow, Russia. Accessed on line September 9, 2008.] Starbox character
class = F4-G4Ia-II
u-b = +0.55 [http://webviz.u-strasbg.fr/viz-bin/VizieR-5?-out.add=.&-source=V/50/catalog&recno=1922 HR 1922] , database entry, The Bright Star Catalogue, 5th Revised Ed. (Preliminary Version), D. Hoffleit and W. H. Warren, Jr., CDS ID [http://vizier.u-strasbg.fr/viz-bin/Cat?V/50 V/50] . Accessed on line September 9, 2008.]
b-v = +0.82
r-i = +0.43
variable = δ CepheiStarbox astrometry
radial_v = 7.2 ± 0.9
prop_mo_ra = 1.06
prop_mo_dec = 12.56
parallax = 3.14
p_error = 0.59
parallax_footnote =
absmag_v= −3.7 [From apparent magnitude and parallax.] Starbox detail
mass=6.5
rotational_velocity = 0
radius = 76 [http://webviz.u-strasbg.fr/viz-bin/VizieR-5?-out.add=.&-source=II/224/cadars.dat&recno=2680 HD 37350] , database entry, Catalog of Apparent Diameters and Absolute Radii of Stars (CADARS), 3rd edition, L. E. Pasinetti-Fracassini, L. Pastori, S. Covino, and A. Pozzi, CDS ID [http://vizier.u-strasbg.fr/viz-bin/Cat?II/224 II/224] . Accessed on line September 9, 2008.] Starbox catalog
names=β Dor, Beta Doradus, Beta Dor, CD−62 214, CPD−62 487, FK5 212, GC 6944, HD 37350, HIP 26069, HR 1922, PPM 354837, SAO 249311.Starbox reference
Simbad=bet+dor

Beta Doradus (Beta Dor / β Doradus / β Dor) is the second brightest star in the constellation of Dorado. [http://www.astro.uiuc.edu/~kaler/sow/betador.html Beta Dor] , "Stars", Jim Kaler. Accessed on line September 9, 2008.] It is a Cepheid variable, with an apparent visual magnitude which varies between 3.46 and 4.08. Its spectral type and luminosity class are likewise variable, from F-type to G-type and from a supergiant to a bright giant.

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