Bonner Durchmusterung +10°2752

light-years

Catalog numbers:
     Henry Draper (HD) 131023, Bonner Durchmusterung (BD) +10°2752, Hipparcos Input Catalog (HIC) 72634, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO) 120697, Aitken Double Star (ADS) 9410, AGK3 Reference (AGK3R) 13262
Arity: binary
Right Ascension and Declination: 14h51m2.3s, +9°43'24.8" (epoch 2000.0)
Distance from Sol: 88.8 light-years (27.2 parsecs)
Standard error in distance: 3.3167%
Source for distance: Hipparcos
Celestial (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: -64.3, -59.4, 15.0
Galactic (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: 48.9, 6.27, 73.9
Proper motion: 0.225 arcsec/yr (283.4° from north)
Radial Velocity: -35.6 km/sec
Source for proper motion and radial velocity: Gliese
Galactic (U,V,W) velocity components in km/s: -40.4, -16.3, -14.7

What do all these fields mean?

Data for A and B's orbit around one other:
Combined absolute visual magnitude: +4.98
Combined visual luminosity: 0.89 x Sol
Observed Separation: 218 A.U.s
As seen from A:
     B would appear as magnitude -13.16
As seen from B:
     A would appear as magnitude -14.66


Component A:
Catalog numbers:
     Luyten Two-Tenth (LTT) 14397
Spectral class: G5
Luminosity Class: V
Apparent visual magnitude: +7.40
Absolute visual magnitude: +5.23
Visual luminosity: 0.71 x Sol
Color indices: B-V= +0.76, U-B= +0.34
Comfort Zone (visual): 0.84 A.U.s


Component B:
Catalog numbers:
     Luyten Two-Tenth (LTT) 14398
Right Ascension and Declination: 14h48m37s, +9°55'36" (epoch 1950.0)
Celestial (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: -64.8, -58.7, 15.3
Galactic (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: 48.2, 5.89, 74.4
Spectral class: K
Luminosity Class: V
Apparent visual magnitude: +8.90
Absolute visual magnitude: +6.73
Visual luminosity: 0.18 x Sol
Comfort Zone (visual): 0.42 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.