Nu Phoenicis

light-years
Proper names: Nu Phoenicis
Catalog numbers:
     Gliese (Gl) 55, Henry Draper (HD) 7570, Cordoba Durchmusterung (CD) -46°346 , Luyten Half-Second (LHS) 1220 , Hipparcos Input Catalog (HIC) 5862, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO) 215428, Hoffleit Bright Star (HR) 370
Age: 3500 million years
Source for age: B. Edvardsson et al., "Chemical Evolution of the Galactic Disc", A&AP 275
Heavy element abundance: 107% of Sol
Source for heavy element abundance: B. Edvardsson et al., "Chemical Evolution of the Galactic Disc", A&AP 275
Arity: singular
Right Ascension and Declination: 1h15m11.102s, -45°31'53.86" (epoch 2000.0)
Distance from Sol: 49.10 light-years (15.05 parsecs)
Standard error in distance: 0.9542%
Source for distance: Hipparcos
Celestial (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: 32.56, 11.08, -35.04
Galactic (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: 5.082, -15.04, -46.46
Proper motion: 0.688 arcsec/yr (74.6° from north)
Radial Velocity: 11.6 km/sec
Source for proper motion and radial velocity: Gliese
Galactic (U,V,W) velocity components in km/s: -44.50, -21.46, -10.19

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Spectral class: F8
Luminosity Class: V
Apparent visual magnitude: +4.96
Absolute visual magnitude: +4.07
Visual luminosity: 2.050 x Sol
Color indices: B-V= +0.58
Mass: 1.1 x Sol
Diameter: 1.327 x Sol
Source for diameter: Apparent Diameters and Absolute Radii of Stars (Fracassini+ 1988)
Comfort Zone (visual): 1.432 A.U.s
Orbital period in CZ: 1.63331 years
Tidal index in CZ: 0.374855
Angular size of star in sky in CZ: 0.494003 degrees

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