Bonner Durchmusterung +10°1857

light-years

Catalog numbers:
     Gliese (Gl) 319, Bonner Durchmusterung (BD) +10°1857, Hipparcos Input Catalog (HIC) 42748, Vyssotsky McCormick (McC) 257
Arity: possible spectroscopic binary
Right Ascension and Declination: 8h42m44.51s, +9°33'20.3" (epoch 2000.0)
Distance from Sol: 48.8 light-years (15.0 parsecs)
Standard error in distance: 3.3285%
Source for distance: Gliese
Celestial (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: -31.4, 36.5, 8.11
Galactic (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: -33.7, -25.9, 24.1
Proper motion: 0.673 arcsec/yr (162.4° from north)
Radial Velocity: 20.4 km/sec
Source for proper motion and radial velocity: Gliese
Galactic (U,V,W) velocity components in km/s: 11.9, -50.4, 3.87

What do all these fields mean?

Data for A and B's orbit around one other:
Combined spectrum: M0 V
Combined absolute visual magnitude: +8.78
Combined visual luminosity: 0.027 x Sol
Observed Separation: 29.9 A.U.s
As seen from A:
     B would appear as magnitude -11.97
As seen from B:
     A would appear as magnitude -15.37

Data for (A-B) and C's orbit around one other:
Combined absolute visual magnitude: +8.64
Combined visual luminosity: 0.031 x Sol
Observed Separation: 1722 A.U.s
As seen from (A-B):
     C would appear as magnitude -4.48
As seen from C:
     (A-B) would appear as magnitude -6.61


Component A:
Catalog numbers:
     Giclas (G) 46-1, Luyten Half-Second (LHS) 2042
Apparent visual magnitude: +9.70
Absolute visual magnitude: +8.82
Visual luminosity: 0.026 x Sol
Diameter: 0.66 x Sol
Source for diameter: Apparent Diameters and Absolute Radii of Stars (Fracassini+ 1988)
Comfort Zone (visual): 0.16 A.U.s
Angular size of star in sky in CZ: 2.193698 degrees


Component B:
Catalog numbers:
     Giclas (G) 46-1, Luyten Half-Second (LHS) 2042
Apparent visual magnitude: +13.10
Absolute visual magnitude: +12.22
Visual luminosity: 0.0011 x Sol
Diameter: 0.29 x Sol
Source for diameter: Apparent Diameters and Absolute Radii of Stars (Fracassini+ 1988)
Comfort Zone (visual): 0.034 A.U.s
Angular size of star in sky in CZ: 4.613859 degrees


Component C:
Catalog numbers:
     Giclas (G) 46-2, Luyten Half-Second (LHS) 2043
Right Ascension and Declination: 8h40m9s, +9°44'30" (epoch 1950.0)
Distance from Sol: 48.8 light-years (15.0 parsecs)
Standard error in distance: 3.3285%
Source for distance: Gliese
Celestial (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: -31.0, 36.8, 8.26
Galactic (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: -34.1, -25.7, 23.7
Proper motion: 0.673 arcsec/yr (162.4° from north)
Radial Velocity: 22.4 km/sec
Source for proper motion and radial velocity: Gliese
Galactic (U,V,W) velocity components in km/s: 10.1, -51.6, 4.76
Spectral class: M3.5
Luminosity Class: V
Apparent visual magnitude: +11.79
Absolute visual magnitude: +10.91
Visual luminosity: 0.0038 x Sol
Color indices: B-V= +1.54, U-B= +1.20, R-I= +1.05
Diameter: 0.43 x Sol
Source for diameter: Apparent Diameters and Absolute Radii of Stars (Fracassini+ 1988)
Comfort Zone (visual): 0.061 A.U.s
Angular size of star in sky in CZ: 3.742156 degrees

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