107 Piscis

light-years
Proper names: 107 Piscis
Catalog numbers:
     Gliese (Gl) 68, Henry Draper (HD) 10476, Bonner Durchmusterung (BD) +19°279 , Luyten Half-Second (LHS) 1287, Hipparcos Input Catalog (HIC) 7981, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO) 74883, Hoffleit Bright Star (HR) 493, New Suspected Variable (NSV) 600
Heavy element abundance: 63% of Sol
Source for heavy element abundance: Strobel [Fe/H] Determinations
Arity: singular
Right Ascension and Declination: 1h42m29.79s, +20°16'6.1" (epoch 2000.0)
Distance from Sol: 24.36 light-years (7.468 parsecs)
Standard error in distance: 0.675%
Source for distance: Hipparcos
Celestial (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: 20.60, 9.881, 8.438
Galactic (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: -14.09, 11.98, -15.85
Proper motion: 0.749 arcsec/yr (203.5° from north)
Radial Velocity: -33.7 km/sec
Source for proper motion and radial velocity: Gliese
Galactic (U,V,W) velocity components in km/s: 34.84, -24.91, 1.989

What do all these fields mean?


Spectral class: K1
Luminosity Class: V
Apparent visual magnitude: +5.24
Absolute visual magnitude: +5.88
Visual luminosity: 0.389 x Sol
Color indices: B-V= +0.84
Mass: 0.79 x Sol
Diameter: 0.963 x Sol
Source for diameter: Apparent Diameters and Absolute Radii of Stars (Fracassini+ 1988)
Comfort Zone (visual): 0.623 A.U.s
Orbital period in CZ: 202.275 days
Tidal index in CZ: 3.26058
Angular size of star in sky in CZ: 0.823596 degrees

light-years
but not more than light-years away
Data for this star system were most recently updated on 4-April-2001.