Cordoba Durchmusterung -32°9603

light-years

Catalog numbers:
     Gliese (Gl) 525.1, Henry Draper (HD) 119756, Cordoba Durchmusterung (CD) -32°9603, Hipparcos Input Catalog (HIC) 67153, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO) 204812, Fifth Fundamental Catalogue (FK5) 506, Hoffleit Bright Star (HR) 5168, Woolley (Wo) 9459
Arity: singular
Right Ascension and Declination: 13h45m41.247s, -33°2'37.56" (epoch 2000.0)
Distance from Sol: 62.8 light-years (19.3 parsecs)
Standard error in distance: 1.4242%
Source for distance: Hipparcos
Celestial (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: -47.2, -23.4, -34.3
Galactic (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: 40.2, -38.2, 29.6
Proper motion: 0.486 arcsec/yr (252.1° from north)
Radial Velocity: -21.6 km/sec
Source for proper motion and radial velocity: Gliese
Galactic (U,V,W) velocity components in km/s: -43.4, -19.9, -12.7

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NOTE: This star is actually a close-orbiting binary pair. The data below are for both sub-components of the pair combined.
Spectral class: F3
Luminosity Class: IV
Apparent visual magnitude: +4.22
Absolute visual magnitude: +2.79
Visual luminosity: 6.65 x Sol
Color indices: B-V= +0.38, U-B= +0.00, R-I= +0.22
Diameter: 1.68 x Sol
Source for diameter: Apparent Diameters and Absolute Radii of Stars (Fracassini+ 1988)
Comfort Zone (visual): 2.58 A.U.s
Angular size of star in sky in CZ: 0.346568 degrees

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