Avior

Avior (Epsilon Kiel) (ε Car / ε Carinae) - a star in the constellation Kiel . The star has a visible magnitude of + 1.86 m, and is one of the brightest stars in the night sky, but the star is not visible from the Northern Hemisphere (it can be seen from low latitudes, starting from the 30th parallel).

Avior A / B
Star
Illustration of the Avior system (Celestia)
Observational data ( Age J2000.0 )
Type of	double star
Right ascension
Declination
Distance	630 St. years (200 pc )
Visible magnitude ( V )	1.86 (~ 2.4 / ~ 3.1) [1]
Constellation	Keel
Astrometry
Radial velocity ( R v )	2 km / s
Own movement (μ)	RA: −25.34 mas per year Dec: 22.72 mas per year
Parallax (π)	5.16 ± 0.49 mas
Absolute magnitude (V)	−4.58
Specifications
Spectral class	K3 III / B2 V [1]
Color Index ( B - V )	+1.20
Color Index ( U - B )	+0.19
Variability	Eclipsing variable [1]
physical characteristics
Weight	~ 9 / 7.3 [1] M ☉
Radius	153/6 R ☉
Age	31.2 ± 10 Ma
Temperature	~ 3 500/20 400 K
Luminosity	6,000 / ~ 10,000 [1] L ☉
Other designations HR 3307, CD −59 ° 1032, HD 71129, SAO 235932, FK5 315, HIP 410372, GC 11463, CCDM J08225-5931 Epsilon Kiel, Avior, ε Carinae
Database Information
SIMBAD	data

The star is known by the name Avior, but it is not the classic name of a star (not of historical origin). The name of the star was assigned in the late 1930s for the possibility of navigating the star, when compiling a new star catalog of southern stars by the British Air Force. In addition to Epsilon Kiel, it was named after Alpha Peacock - Peacock . ^[2]

Episilon Kiel is a binary star located 630 light years from Earth. The main component of the star is the dying orange giant of the spectral class KO III, the second component is a hot blue star of class B2 V. The components periodically overshadow each other, which leads to a decrease in the total brightness of the star by 0.1 magnitude (such a change in brightness can be noticed and the human eye).