37 Ceti

light-years
Proper names: 37 Ceti
Catalog numbers:
     Gliese (Gl) 54.2, Hipparcos Input Catalog (HIC) 5799, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO) 129193, Aitken Double Star (ADS) 1003, Hoffleit Bright Star (HR) 366, Woolley (Wo) 9045, New Suspected Variable (NSV) 446
Age: 3500 million years
Source for age: B. Edvardsson et al., "Chemical Evolution of the Galactic Disc", A&AP 275
Heavy element abundance: 48% of Sol
Source for heavy element abundance: B. Edvardsson et al., "Chemical Evolution of the Galactic Disc", A&AP 275
Arity: binary
Right Ascension and Declination: 1h14m24.05s, -7°55'22.5" (epoch 2000.0)
Distance from Sol: 79.5 light-years (24.4 parsecs)
Standard error in distance: 2.1241%
Source for distance: Hipparcos
Celestial (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: 74.7, 25.1, -11.0
Galactic (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: -21.6, 17.3, -74.6
Proper motion: 0.303 arcsec/yr (23.7° from north)
Radial Velocity: 21.2 km/sec
Source for proper motion and radial velocity: Gliese
Galactic (U,V,W) velocity components in km/s: -34.0, 21.5, -7.77

What do all these fields mean?

Data for A and B's orbit around one other:
Combined absolute visual magnitude: +3.10
Combined visual luminosity: 4.99 x Sol
Observed Separation: 1366 A.U.s
As seen from A:
     B would appear as magnitude -9.98
As seen from B:
     A would appear as magnitude -12.71


Component A:
Catalog numbers:
     Henry Draper (HD) 7439, Bonner Durchmusterung (BD) -8°216
Spectral class: F5
Luminosity Class: V
Apparent visual magnitude: +5.13
Absolute visual magnitude: +3.19
Visual luminosity: 4.62 x Sol
Color indices: B-V= +0.45, U-B= -0.06, R-I= +0.16
Diameter: 1.15 x Sol
Source for diameter: Apparent Diameters and Absolute Radii of Stars (Fracassini+ 1988)
Comfort Zone (visual): 2.15 A.U.s
Angular size of star in sky in CZ: 0.286127 degrees


Component B:
Catalog numbers:
     Henry Draper (HD) 7438, Bonner Durchmusterung (BD) -8°215, Giclas (G) 270-176
Right Ascension and Declination: 1h11m51s, -8°10'41" (epoch 1950.0)
Celestial (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: 74.9, 24.3, -11.3
Galactic (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: -20.7, 17.5, -74.8
Proper motion: 0.312 arcsec/yr (25.0° from north)
Radial Velocity: 22.1 km/sec
Source for proper motion and radial velocity: Gliese
Galactic (U,V,W) velocity components in km/s: -35.3, 21.6, -8.64
Spectral class: K1
Luminosity Class: V
Apparent visual magnitude: +7.85
Absolute visual magnitude: +5.91
Visual luminosity: 0.38 x Sol
Color indices: B-V= +0.78, U-B= +0.35, R-I= +0.27
Diameter: 0.81 x Sol
Source for diameter: Apparent Diameters and Absolute Radii of Stars (Fracassini+ 1988)
Comfort Zone (visual): 0.61 A.U.s
Angular size of star in sky in CZ: 0.705023 degrees

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