Rossiter 5366

light-years

Catalog numbers:
     Gliese (Gl) 461, Bonner Durchmusterung (BD) +1°2684, Hipparcos Input Catalog (HIC) 60178, Vyssotsky McCormick (McC) 293, Rossiter (RST) 5366
Arity: binary
Right Ascension and Declination: 12h20m24.6s, +0°34'20.4" (epoch 2000.0)
Distance from Sol: 52 light-years (16 parsecs)
Standard error in distance: 17.1053%
Source for distance: Gliese
Celestial (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: -52, -4.6, 0.5
Galactic (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: 7.2, -23, 46
Proper motion: 0.09 arcsec/yr (103.0° from north)
Radial Velocity: 4.1 km/sec
Source for proper motion and radial velocity: Gliese
Galactic (U,V,W) velocity components in km/s: 7.0, 0.3, 3.7

What do all these fields mean?

Data for A and B's orbit around one other:
Combined absolute visual magnitude: +8.98
Combined visual luminosity: 0.02 x Sol
Observed Separation: 21 A.U.s
As seen from A:
     B would appear as magnitude -13.50
As seen from B:
     A would appear as magnitude -15.90


Component A:
Spectral class: M0
Luminosity Class: V
Apparent visual magnitude: +10.10
Absolute visual magnitude: +9.10
Visual luminosity: 0.02 x Sol
Diameter: 0.62 x Sol
Source for diameter: Apparent Diameters and Absolute Radii of Stars (Fracassini+ 1988)
Comfort Zone (visual): 0.1 A.U.s
Angular size of star in sky in CZ: 2.336640 degrees


Component B:
Apparent visual magnitude: +12.50
Absolute visual magnitude: +11.50
Visual luminosity: 0.002 x Sol
Comfort Zone (visual): 0.05 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.