6 Ceti

light-years
Proper names: 6 Ceti, Viln 82 no 157
Catalog numbers:
     Gliese (Gl) 10, Henry Draper (HD) 693, Bonner Durchmusterung (BD) -16°17, Hipparcos Input Catalog (HIC) 910, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO) 147133, Hoffleit Bright Star (HR) 33
Age: 5500 million years
Source for age: B. Edvardsson et al., "Chemical Evolution of the Galactic Disc", A&AP 275
Heavy element abundance: 46% of Sol
Source for heavy element abundance: Strobel [Fe/H] Determinations
Arity: singular
Right Ascension and Declination: 0h11m15.862s, -15°28'4.92" (epoch 2000.0)
Distance from Sol: 61.6 light-years (18.9 parsecs)
Standard error in distance: 1.4336%
Source for distance: Hipparcos
Celestial (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: 59.3, 2.92, -16.4
Galactic (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: 1.41, 15.7, -59.6
Proper motion: 0.279 arcsec/yr (197.5° from north)
Radial Velocity: 14.6 km/sec
Source for proper motion and radial velocity: Gliese
Galactic (U,V,W) velocity components in km/s: 18.7, -12.8, -18.0

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Spectral class: F7
Luminosity Class: V
Apparent visual magnitude: +4.89
Absolute visual magnitude: +3.51
Visual luminosity: 3.43 x Sol
Color indices: B-V= +0.49
Diameter: 1.50 x Sol
Source for diameter: Apparent Diameters and Absolute Radii of Stars (Fracassini+ 1988)
Comfort Zone (visual): 1.85 A.U.s
Angular size of star in sky in CZ: 0.432257 degrees

light-years
but not more than light-years away
Data for this star system were most recently updated on 11-May-2001.