Cordoba Durchmusterung -43°11901

light-years

Catalog numbers:
     Henry Draper (HD) 159868, Cordoba Durchmusterung (CD) -43°11901, Hipparcos Input Catalog (HIC) 86375, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO) 228234, Cape Photographic Durchmusterung (CPD) -43°8186, Luyten Two-Tenth (LTT) 7019
Arity: singular
Right Ascension and Declination: 17h38m59.509s, -43°8'44.18" (epoch 2000.0)
Distance from Sol: 84 light-years (26 parsecs)
Standard error in distance: 13.3333%
Source for distance: Gliese
Celestial (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: -5.6, -61, -57
Galactic (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: 81, -18, -10
Proper motion: 0.291 arcsec/yr (234.5° from north)
Radial Velocity: -23.8 km/sec
Source for proper motion and radial velocity: Gliese
Galactic (U,V,W) velocity components in km/s: -28, -27, 17

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Spectral class: G5
Luminosity Class: V
Apparent visual magnitude: +7.24
Absolute visual magnitude: +5.20
Visual luminosity: 0.7 x Sol
Color indices: B-V= +0.72, U-B= +0.24, R-I= +0.24
Comfort Zone (visual): 0.9 A.U.s

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