Iota Pavonis

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Proper names: Iota Pavonis
Catalog numbers:
     Gliese (Gl) 705.1, Henry Draper (HD) 165499, Cape Photographic Durchmusterung (CPD) -62°5797, Hipparcos Input Catalog (HIC) 89042, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO) 254157, Hoffleit Bright Star (HR) 6761, Woolley (Wo) 9616
Arity: singular
Right Ascension and Declination: 18h10m26.197s, -62°0'8.72" (epoch 2000.0)
Distance from Sol: 57.9 light-years (17.8 parsecs)
Standard error in distance: 1.193%
Source for distance: Hipparcos
Celestial (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: 1.24, -27.2, -51.1
Galactic (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: 48.3, -25.2, -19.5
Proper motion: 0.222 arcsec/yr (339.4° from north)
Radial Velocity: 29.7 km/sec
Source for proper motion and radial velocity: Gliese
Galactic (U,V,W) velocity components in km/s: 34.9, -2.63, 1.84

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NOTE: This star is actually a close-orbiting binary pair. The data below are for both sub-components of the pair combined.
Spectral class: G3
Luminosity Class: IV-V
Apparent visual magnitude: +5.47
Absolute visual magnitude: +4.23
Visual luminosity: 1.78 x Sol
Color indices: B-V= +0.58, U-B= +0.09, R-I= +0.32
Diameter: 1.26 x Sol
Source for diameter: Apparent Diameters and Absolute Radii of Stars (Fracassini+ 1988)
Comfort Zone (visual): 1.33 A.U.s
Angular size of star in sky in CZ: 0.503803 degrees

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