S.W. Burnham 741

light-years

Catalog numbers:
     Gliese (Gl) 120.1, Henry Draper (HD) 18455, Cordoba Durchmusterung (CD) -25°1169, Hipparcos Input Catalog (HIC) 13772, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO) 168181, Aitken Double Star (ADS) 2242, S.W. Burnham (BU) 741
Arity: quarternary (!)
Points of interest:
     Duquennoy and Mayor have studied the C pair in this system using the same techniques currently used to search for extrasolar planets. They measure a minimum mass of 39 x Jupiter (about 0.04 x Sol) for the Cb component.

Right Ascension and Declination: 2h57m14.689s, -24°58'9.48" (epoch 2000.0)
Distance from Sol: 73.3 light-years (22.5 parsecs)
Standard error in distance: 5.4209%
Source for distance: Hipparcos
Celestial (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: 47.6, 46.4, -30.9
Galactic (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: -28.7, -20.5, -64.2
Proper motion: 0.025 arcsec/yr (126.4° from north)
Radial Velocity: 50.6 km/sec
Source for proper motion and radial velocity: Gliese
Galactic (U,V,W) velocity components in km/s: -19.9, -16.7, -43.5

What do all these fields mean?

Data for A and B's orbit around one other:
Combined absolute visual magnitude: +5.60
Combined visual luminosity: 0.50 x Sol
Period: 137 years
Semimajor Axis: 34.8 A.U.s
Eccentricity: 0.67
Periastron distance: 11.5 A.U.s
Apastron distance: 58.1 A.U.s
Year in which periastron occurs: 1874.76
Source for orbit data: W.H. van den Bos
As seen from A:
     At periastron, B would appear as magnitude -19.83
     At apastron, B would appear as magnitude -16.31
As seen from B:
     At periastron, A would appear as magnitude -20.00
     At apastron, A would appear as magnitude -16.48

Data for Ca and Cb's orbit around one other:
Combined spectrum: K2 V
Combined apparent visual magnitude: +7.84
Combined absolute visual magnitude: +6.08
Combined visual luminosity: 0.32 x Sol
Period: 1.5186 years
Semimajor Axis: 0.9 A.U.s
Eccentricity: 0.54
Periastron distance: 0.414 A.U.s
Apastron distance: 1.386 A.U.s
Source for orbit data: Duquennoy & Mayor (1991)

Data for (A-B) and (Ca-Cb)'s orbit around one other:
Combined absolute visual magnitude: +5.06
Combined visual luminosity: 0.82 x Sol
Observed Separation: 643 A.U.s
As seen from (A-B):
     (Ca-Cb) would appear as magnitude -11.45
As seen from (Ca-Cb):
     (A-B) would appear as magnitude -11.93


Component A:
Spectral class: K1-2
Luminosity Class: V
Apparent visual magnitude: +8.03
Absolute visual magnitude: +6.27
Visual luminosity: 0.27 x Sol
Comfort Zone (visual): 0.52 A.U.s


Component B:
Apparent visual magnitude: +8.20
Absolute visual magnitude: +6.44
Visual luminosity: 0.23 x Sol
Comfort Zone (visual): 0.48 A.U.s


Component Ca:
Catalog numbers:
     Henry Draper (HD) 18445, Cordoba Durchmusterung (CD) -25°1168, Hipparcos Input Catalog (HIC) 13769, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO) 168180, Southern Reference System (SRS) 4766
Right Ascension and Declination: 2h57m12.95s, -24°58'29.8" (epoch 2000.0)
Celestial (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: 47.6, 46.4, -31.0
Galactic (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: -28.7, -20.5, -64.3
Proper motion: 0.039 arcsec/yr (145.9° from north)
Radial Velocity: 49.6 km/sec
Source for proper motion and radial velocity: Gliese
Galactic (U,V,W) velocity components in km/s: -18.3, -17.8, -42.7


Component Cb:
Catalog numbers:
     Henry Draper (HD) 18445, Cordoba Durchmusterung (CD) -25°1168, Hipparcos Input Catalog (HIC) 13769, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO) 168180, Southern Reference System (SRS) 4766
Right Ascension and Declination: 2h57m12.95s, -24°58'29.8" (epoch 2000.0)
Celestial (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: 47.6, 46.4, -31.0
Galactic (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: -28.7, -20.5, -64.3
Proper motion: 0.039 arcsec/yr (145.9° from north)
Radial Velocity: 49.6 km/sec
Source for proper motion and radial velocity: Gliese
Galactic (U,V,W) velocity components in km/s: -18.3, -17.8, -42.7

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