Iota Ursae Majoris

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Proper names: Iota Ursae Majoris, 9 Ursae Majoris, Talitha, Talita
Catalog numbers:
     Gliese (Gl) 331, Henry Draper (HD) 76644, Bonner Durchmusterung (BD) +48°1707, Hipparcos Input Catalog (HIC) 44127, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO) 42630, Aitken Double Star (ADS) 7114, Fifth Fundamental Catalogue (FK5) 335, Hoffleit Bright Star (HR) 3569, Hussey (HU) 628, J. Herschel (HJ) 2477, New Suspected Variable (NSV) 4329
Arity: trinary, but the A star is a possible spectroscop
Right Ascension and Declination: 8h59m12.442s, +48°2'30.09" (epoch 2000.0)
Distance from Sol: 47.7 light-years (14.6 parsecs)
Standard error in distance: 1.1431%
Source for distance: Hipparcos
Celestial (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: -22.5, 22.6, 35.5
Galactic (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: -35.4, 5.15, 31.6
Proper motion: 0.5 arcsec/yr (242.4° from north)
Radial Velocity: 9 km/sec
Source for proper motion and radial velocity: Gliese
Galactic (U,V,W) velocity components in km/s: -28.7, -14.0, -16.3

What do all these fields mean?

Data for A and (B-C)'s orbit around one other:
Combined absolute visual magnitude: +2.31
Combined visual luminosity: 10.4 x Sol
Period: 817.91 years
Semimajor Axis: 133 A.U.s
Eccentricity: 0.79
Periastron distance: 27.9 A.U.s
Apastron distance: 238 A.U.s
Year in which periastron occurs: 1993.9
Source for orbit data: J. Hopmann
As seen from A:
     At periastron, (B-C) would appear as magnitude -15.02
     At apastron, (B-C) would appear as magnitude -10.37
As seen from (B-C):
     At periastron, A would appear as magnitude -22.03
     At apastron, A would appear as magnitude -17.37

Data for B and C's orbit around one other:
Combined spectrum: M1 V
Combined absolute visual magnitude: +9.32
Combined visual luminosity: 0.016 x Sol
Period: 39.69 years
Semimajor Axis: 9.95 A.U.s
Eccentricity: 0.32
Periastron distance: 6.77 A.U.s
Apastron distance: 13.1 A.U.s
Year in which periastron occurs: 1918.58
Source for orbit data: O.J. Eggen
As seen from B:
     At periastron, C would appear as magnitude -17.25
     At apastron, C would appear as magnitude -15.81
As seen from C:
     At periastron, B would appear as magnitude -17.45
     At apastron, B would appear as magnitude -16.01


Component A:
Catalog numbers:
     Luyten Half-Second (LHS) 2084
Spectral class: A7
Luminosity Class: V
Apparent visual magnitude: +3.14
Absolute visual magnitude: +2.31
Visual luminosity: 10.4 x Sol
Color indices: B-V= +0.19, U-B= +0.08
Diameter: 1.67 x Sol
Source for diameter: Apparent Diameters and Absolute Radii of Stars (Fracassini+ 1988)
Comfort Zone (visual): 3.22 A.U.s
Angular size of star in sky in CZ: 0.276315 degrees


Component B:
Catalog numbers:
     Luyten Half-Second (LHS) 2083
Proper motion: 0.5 arcsec/yr (242.4° from north)
Radial Velocity: 15 km/sec
Source for proper motion and radial velocity: Gliese
Galactic (U,V,W) velocity components in km/s: -33.1, -13.4, -12.3
Apparent visual magnitude: +10.80
Absolute visual magnitude: +9.97
Visual luminosity: 0.0089 x Sol
Diameter: 0.46 x Sol
Source for diameter: Apparent Diameters and Absolute Radii of Stars (Fracassini+ 1988)
Comfort Zone (visual): 0.094 A.U.s
Angular size of star in sky in CZ: 2.595215 degrees


Component C:
Apparent visual magnitude: +11.00
Absolute visual magnitude: +10.17
Visual luminosity: 0.0074 x Sol
Diameter: 0.43 x Sol
Source for diameter: Apparent Diameters and Absolute Radii of Stars (Fracassini+ 1988)
Comfort Zone (visual): 0.086 A.U.s
Angular size of star in sky in CZ: 2.660027 degrees

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