Kappa Fornacis

light-years
Proper names: Kappa Fornacis
Catalog numbers:
     Gliese (Gl) 97, Henry Draper (HD) 14802, Cordoba Durchmusterung (CD) -24°1038 , Hipparcos Input Catalog (HIC) 11072, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO) 167736, Fifth Fundamental Catalogue (FK5) 83, Hoffleit Bright Star (HR) 695
Heavy element abundance: 100% of Sol
Source for heavy element abundance: Strobel [Fe/H] Determinations
Arity: singular
Right Ascension and Declination: 2h22m32.567s, -23°48'59.32" (epoch 2000.0)
Distance from Sol: 71.5 light-years (21.9 parsecs)
Standard error in distance: 1.7665%
Source for distance: Hipparcos
Celestial (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: 53.2, 38.1, -28.9
Galactic (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: -22.9, -12.5, -66.6
Proper motion: 0.206 arcsec/yr (106.5° from north)
Radial Velocity: 18.4 km/sec
Source for proper motion and radial velocity: Gliese
Galactic (U,V,W) velocity components in km/s: -15.6, -21.1, -10.5

What do all these fields mean?


Spectral class: G1
Luminosity Class: V
Apparent visual magnitude: +5.19
Absolute visual magnitude: +3.49
Visual luminosity: 3.51 x Sol
Color indices: B-V= +0.60
Mass: 1 x Sol
Diameter: 1.81 x Sol
Source for diameter: Apparent Diameters and Absolute Radii of Stars (Fracassini+ 1988)
Comfort Zone (visual): 1.87 A.U.s
Orbital period in CZ: 2.56432 years
Tidal index in CZ: 0.152074
Angular size of star in sky in CZ: 0.516417 degrees

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