16 Librae

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Proper names: 16 Librae
Catalog numbers:
     Woolley (Wo) 9503, Henry Draper (HD) 132052, Bonner Durchmusterung (BD) -3°3696, Hipparcos Input Catalog (HIC) 73165, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO) 140240, FK4 Supplement (FK4 Sup) 3177, Hoffleit Bright Star (HR) 5570
Arity: singular
Right Ascension and Declination: 14h57m11.012s, -4°20'47.16" (epoch 2000.0)
Distance from Sol: 91.0 light-years (27.9 parsecs)
Standard error in distance: 2.4769%
Source for distance: Hipparcos
Celestial (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: -65.0, -63.4, -6.90
Galactic (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: 63.0, -8.59, 65.1
Proper motion: 0.181 arcsec/yr (212.5° from north)
Radial Velocity: 21.7 km/sec
Source for proper motion and radial velocity: Gliese
Galactic (U,V,W) velocity components in km/s: 16.3, -25.6, 11.2

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Spectral class: F0
Luminosity Class: V
Apparent visual magnitude: +4.48
Absolute visual magnitude: +2.26
Visual luminosity: 10.9 x Sol
Color indices: B-V= +0.32, U-B= +0.05
Diameter: 1.98 x Sol
Source for diameter: Apparent Diameters and Absolute Radii of Stars (Fracassini+ 1988)
Comfort Zone (visual): 3.30 A.U.s
Angular size of star in sky in CZ: 0.319478 degrees

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