Gliese 264.1

light-years

Catalog numbers:
     Gliese (Gl) 264.1, Woolley (Wo) 9223
Arity: binary
Right Ascension and Declination: 7h3m57.32s, -43°36'29.3" (epoch 2000.0)
Distance from Sol: 53.0 light-years (16.2 parsecs)
Standard error in distance: 1.6776%
Source for distance: Hipparcos
Celestial (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: -10.6, 36.9, -36.6
Galactic (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: -13.8, -49.0, -14.6
Proper motion: 0.398 arcsec/yr (343.8° from north)
Radial Velocity: 86.4 km/sec
Source for proper motion and radial velocity: Gliese
Galactic (U,V,W) velocity components in km/s: -52.1, -72.6, -20.4

What do all these fields mean?

Data for A and B's orbit around one other:
Combined absolute visual magnitude: +4.21
Combined visual luminosity: 1.80 x Sol
Observed Separation: 351 A.U.s
As seen from A:
     B would appear as magnitude -13.07
As seen from B:
     A would appear as magnitude -14.34


Component A:
Catalog numbers:
     Henry Draper (HD) 53705, Cordoba Durchmusterung (CD) -43°2906, Hipparcos Input Catalog (HIC) 34065, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO) 218421, Hoffleit Bright Star (HR) 2667
Spectral class: G3
Luminosity Class: V
Apparent visual magnitude: +5.56
Absolute visual magnitude: +4.50
Visual luminosity: 1.37 x Sol
Color indices: B-V= +0.64, U-B= +0.05, R-I= +0.22
Mass: 1.05 x Sol
Diameter: 1.06 x Sol
Source for diameter: Apparent Diameters and Absolute Radii of Stars (Fracassini+ 1988)
Comfort Zone (visual): 1.17 A.U.s
Orbital period in CZ: 1.23872 years
Tidal index in CZ: 0.651705
Angular size of star in sky in CZ: 0.482034 degrees


Component B:
Catalog numbers:
     Henry Draper (HD) 53706, Cordoba Durchmusterung (CD) -43°2907, Hipparcos Input Catalog (HIC) 34069, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO) 218423, Hoffleit Bright Star (HR) 2668
Right Ascension and Declination: 7h3m58.93s, -43°36'41.9" (epoch 2000.0)
Celestial (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: -10.6, 36.9, -36.6
Galactic (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: -13.8, -49.0, -14.6
Proper motion: 0.398 arcsec/yr (343.8° from north)
Radial Velocity: 90.4 km/sec
Source for proper motion and radial velocity: Gliese
Galactic (U,V,W) velocity components in km/s: -53.1, -76.3, -21.5
Spectral class: K0
Luminosity Class: V
Apparent visual magnitude: +6.83
Absolute visual magnitude: +5.77
Visual luminosity: 0.43 x Sol
Color indices: B-V= +0.80, U-B= +0.37, R-I= +0.28
Mass: 0.8 x Sol
Diameter: 0.92 x Sol
Source for diameter: Apparent Diameters and Absolute Radii of Stars (Fracassini+ 1988)
Comfort Zone (visual): 0.65 A.U.s
Orbital period in CZ: 216.021 days
Tidal index in CZ: 2.85883
Angular size of star in sky in CZ: 0.749846 degrees

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