Psi Velorum

light-years
Proper names: Psi Velorum
Catalog numbers:
     Gliese (Gl) 351, Henry Draper (HD) 82434, Cordoba Durchmusterung (CD) -39°5580, Hipparcos Input Catalog (HIC) 46651, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO) 221234, Hoffleit Bright Star (HR) 3786
Arity: binary
Right Ascension and Declination: 9h30m42.018s, -40°28'0.25" (epoch 2000.0)
Distance from Sol: 60.5 light-years (18.6 parsecs)
Standard error in distance: 1.2823%
Source for distance: Hipparcos
Celestial (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: -36.6, 27.9, -39.3
Galactic (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: -2.91, -59.9, 8.43
Proper motion: 0.201 arcsec/yr (290.1° from north)
Radial Velocity: 8.8 km/sec
Source for proper motion and radial velocity: Gliese
Galactic (U,V,W) velocity components in km/s: -16.7, -8.87, -5.60

What do all these fields mean?

Data for A and B's orbit around one other:
Combined absolute visual magnitude: +2.26
Combined visual luminosity: 10.9 x Sol
Period: 33.99 years
Semimajor Axis: 14.8 A.U.s
Eccentricity: 0.44
Periastron distance: 8.26 A.U.s
Apastron distance: 21.2 A.U.s
Year in which periastron occurs: 1935.75
Source for orbit data: O.J. Eggen
As seen from A:
     At periastron, B would appear as magnitude -23.68
     At apastron, B would appear as magnitude -21.63
As seen from B:
     At periastron, A would appear as magnitude -24.21
     At apastron, A would appear as magnitude -22.16


Component A:
Spectral class: F3
Luminosity Class: IV
Apparent visual magnitude: +4.12
Absolute visual magnitude: +2.78
Visual luminosity: 6.75 x Sol
Diameter: 2.23 x Sol
Source for diameter: Apparent Diameters and Absolute Radii of Stars (Fracassini+ 1988)
Comfort Zone (visual): 2.60 A.U.s
Angular size of star in sky in CZ: 0.458480 degrees


Component B:
Spectral class: F0
Luminosity Class: IV-V
Apparent visual magnitude: +4.65
Absolute visual magnitude: +3.31
Visual luminosity: 4.14 x Sol
Diameter: 1.21 x Sol
Source for diameter: Apparent Diameters and Absolute Radii of Stars (Fracassini+ 1988)
Comfort Zone (visual): 2.03 A.U.s
Angular size of star in sky in CZ: 0.317027 degrees

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