Brisbane Observatory (Sandage & Veron) 5

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Catalog numbers:
     Gliese (Gl) 428, Henry Draper (HD) 99279, Cape Photographic Durchmusterung (CPD) -60°2911, Luyten Half-Second (LHS) 2402, Hipparcos Input Catalog (HIC) 55691, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO) 251393, Brisbane Observatory (Sandage & Veron) (BSO) 5
Arity: binary
Right Ascension and Declination: 11h24m40.248s, -61°38'52.74" (epoch 2000.0)
Distance from Sol: 42.0 light-years (12.9 parsecs)
Standard error in distance: 2.2922%
Source for distance: Hipparcos
Celestial (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: -19.7, 3.07, -37.0
Galactic (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: 16.5, -38.6, -0.49
Proper motion: 0.49 arcsec/yr (277.1° from north)
Radial Velocity: 4.7 km/sec
Source for proper motion and radial velocity: Gliese
Galactic (U,V,W) velocity components in km/s: -25.1, -15.8, -6.04

What do all these fields mean?

Data for A and B's orbit around one other:
Combined absolute visual magnitude: +6.52
Combined visual luminosity: 0.21 x Sol
Period: 421.5 years
Semimajor Axis: 74.2 A.U.s
Eccentricity: 0.68
Periastron distance: 23.8 A.U.s
Apastron distance: 125 A.U.s
Year in which periastron occurs: 1918.74
Source for orbit data: W.H. van den Bos
As seen from A:
     At periastron, B would appear as magnitude -16.94
     At apastron, B would appear as magnitude -13.34
As seen from B:
     At periastron, A would appear as magnitude -17.74
     At apastron, A would appear as magnitude -14.14


Component A:
Spectral class: K7
Luminosity Class: V
Apparent visual magnitude: +7.50
Absolute visual magnitude: +6.95
Visual luminosity: 0.14 x Sol
Diameter: 1.36 x Sol
Source for diameter: Apparent Diameters and Absolute Radii of Stars (Fracassini+ 1988)
Comfort Zone (visual): 0.38 A.U.s
Angular size of star in sky in CZ: 1.902697 degrees


Component B:
Proper motion: 0.49 arcsec/yr (277.1° from north)
Radial Velocity: 4.5 km/sec
Source for proper motion and radial velocity: Gliese
Galactic (U,V,W) velocity components in km/s: -25.2, -15.6, -6.03
Spectral class: M0e
Luminosity Class: V
Apparent visual magnitude: +8.30
Absolute visual magnitude: +7.75
Visual luminosity: 0.069 x Sol
Diameter: 0.89 x Sol
Source for diameter: Apparent Diameters and Absolute Radii of Stars (Fracassini+ 1988)
Comfort Zone (visual): 0.26 A.U.s
Angular size of star in sky in CZ: 1.796104 degrees

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