14 Herculis

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Proper names: 14 Herculis
Catalog numbers:
     Gliese (Gl) 614, Henry Draper (HD) 145675, Bonner Durchmusterung (BD) +44°2549, Giclas (G) 180-35, Hipparcos Input Catalog (HIC) 79248, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO) 45933, AGK3 Reference (AGK3R) 14435
Heavy element abundance: 186% of Sol
Standard error in heavy element abundance: 8%
Source for heavy element abundance: Strobel [Fe/H] Determinations
Arity: singular
Right Ascension and Declination: 16h10m24.34s, +43°49'3.81" (epoch 2000.0)
Distance from Sol: 59.2 light-years (18.1 parsecs)
Standard error in distance: 1.0592%
Source for distance: Hipparcos
Celestial (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: -19.7, -37.9, 41.0
Galactic (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: 14.6, 37.9, 43.1
Proper motion: 0.323 arcsec/yr (155.9° from north)
Radial Velocity: -13.3 km/sec
Source for proper motion and radial velocity: Gliese
Galactic (U,V,W) velocity components in km/s: 23.6, -11.8, -15.9

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Spectral class: K0
Luminosity Class: V
Apparent visual magnitude: +6.64
Absolute visual magnitude: +5.35
Visual luminosity: 0.63 x Sol
Color indices: B-V= +0.88, U-B= +0.66
Diameter: 0.88 x Sol
Source for diameter: Apparent Diameters and Absolute Radii of Stars (Fracassini+ 1988)
Comfort Zone (visual): 0.79 A.U.s
Angular size of star in sky in CZ: 0.590657 degrees
Detected companions: 1
Companion b:
     Mass: 3.3 x Jupiter, minimum
     Period: 4.52 years
     Standard Error in period: 3.03%
     Semimajor Axis: 2.5 A.U.s
     Eccentricity: 0.326
     Periastron distance: 1.685 A.U.s
     Apastron distance: 3.315 A.U.s
     Source for orbit data: Mayor et al.

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