104 Tauri

light-years
Proper names: 104 Tauri
Catalog numbers:
     Gliese (Gl) 188, Henry Draper (HD) 32923, Bonner Durchmusterung (BD) +18°779, Luyten Half-Second (LHS) 1736, Hipparcos Input Catalog (HIC) 23835, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO) 94332, Aitken Double Star (ADS) 3701, Hoffleit Bright Star (HR) 1656, Aitken (A) 3010
Heavy element abundance: 63% of Sol
Source for heavy element abundance: Strobel [Fe/H] Determinations
Arity: binary
Right Ascension and Declination: 5h7m27.012s, +18°38'42.43" (epoch 2000.0)
Distance from Sol: 51.8 light-years (15.9 parsecs)
Standard error in distance: 1.4543%
Source for distance: Hipparcos
Celestial (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: 11.1, 47.8, 16.5
Galactic (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: -50.4, -3.70, -11.1
Proper motion: 0.535 arcsec/yr (87.0° from north)
Radial Velocity: 20.6 km/sec
Source for proper motion and radial velocity: Gliese
Galactic (U,V,W) velocity components in km/s: -25.8, -23.2, 29.0

What do all these fields mean?

Data for A and B's orbit around one other:
Combined absolute visual magnitude: +3.89
Combined visual luminosity: 2.41 x Sol
Period: 1.19 years
Semimajor Axis: 2.86 A.U.s
Eccentricity: 0.9
Periastron distance: 0.29 A.U.s
Apastron distance: 5.43 A.U.s
Year in which periastron occurs: 1911.37
Source for orbit data: O.J. Eggen
As seen from A:
     At periastron, B would appear as magnitude -29.60
     At apastron, B would appear as magnitude -23.20
As seen from B:
     At periastron, A would appear as magnitude -29.70
     At apastron, A would appear as magnitude -23.30

Data for A and B's orbit, take 2:
Period: 2.38 years
Semimajor Axis: 1.59 A.U.s
Eccentricity: 0
Periastron distance: 1.59 A.U.s
Apastron distance: 1.59 A.U.s
Year in which periastron occurs: 1910.6
Source for orbit data: O.J. Eggen
As seen from A:
     At periastron, B would appear as magnitude -25.87
     At apastron, B would appear as magnitude -25.87
As seen from B:
     At periastron, A would appear as magnitude -25.97
     At apastron, A would appear as magnitude -25.97


Component A:
Spectral class: G4
Luminosity Class: V
Apparent visual magnitude: +5.60
Absolute visual magnitude: +4.60
Visual luminosity: 1.26 x Sol
Diameter: 1.03 x Sol
Source for diameter: Apparent Diameters and Absolute Radii of Stars (Fracassini+ 1988)
Comfort Zone (visual): 1.12 A.U.s
Angular size of star in sky in CZ: 0.488799 degrees


Component B:
Spectral class: G4
Luminosity Class: V
Apparent visual magnitude: +5.70
Absolute visual magnitude: +4.70
Visual luminosity: 1.15 x Sol
Comfort Zone (visual): 1.07 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.