Struve 2138

light-years

Catalog numbers:
     Aitken Double Star (ADS) 10386, Vyssotsky McCormick (McC) 790, Struve (STF) 2138, Gliese (Gl) 659, Henry Draper (HD) 155674
Arity: binary
Right Ascension and Declination: 17h10m10.45s, +54°29'39.9" (epoch 2000.0)
Distance from Sol: 69.2 light-years (21.2 parsecs)
Standard error in distance: 3.8352%
Source for distance: Hipparcos
Celestial (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: -8.67, -39.2, 56.3
Galactic (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: 7.59, 55.3, 40.8
Proper motion: 0.137 arcsec/yr (147.8° from north)
Radial Velocity: 4.2 km/sec
Source for proper motion and radial velocity: Gliese
Galactic (U,V,W) velocity components in km/s: 12.9, 5.73, -3.04

What do all these fields mean?

Data for A and B's orbit around one other:
Combined absolute visual magnitude: +6.69
Combined visual luminosity: 0.18 x Sol
Observed Separation: 479 A.U.s
As seen from A:
     B would appear as magnitude -10.46
As seen from B:
     A would appear as magnitude -10.95


Component A:
Catalog numbers:
     Bonner Durchmusterung (BD) +54°1861, Hipparcos Input Catalog (HIC) 83988, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO) 30274
Spectral class: K8
Luminosity Class: V
Apparent visual magnitude: +8.86
Absolute visual magnitude: +7.22
Visual luminosity: 0.11 x Sol
Color indices: B-V= +1.16, U-B= +1.08, R-I= +0.44
Diameter: 0.74 x Sol
Source for diameter: Apparent Diameters and Absolute Radii of Stars (Fracassini+ 1988)
Comfort Zone (visual): 0.34 A.U.s
Angular size of star in sky in CZ: 1.176148 degrees


Component B:
Catalog numbers:
     Bonner Durchmusterung (BD) +54°1862, Hipparcos Input Catalog (HIC) 83996, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO) 30275
Right Ascension and Declination: 17h10m12.41s, +54°29'25.1" (epoch 2000.0)
Celestial (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: -8.66, -39.2, 56.3
Galactic (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: 7.60, 55.3, 40.8
Proper motion: 0.14 arcsec/yr (141.1° from north)
Radial Velocity: 2.9 km/sec
Source for proper motion and radial velocity: Gliese
Galactic (U,V,W) velocity components in km/s: 12.2, 5.67, -5.04
Spectral class: K8
Luminosity Class: V
Apparent visual magnitude: +9.34
Absolute visual magnitude: +7.71
Visual luminosity: 0.072 x Sol
Color indices: B-V= +1.25, U-B= +1.21, R-I= +0.50
Diameter: 0.7 x Sol
Source for diameter: Apparent Diameters and Absolute Radii of Stars (Fracassini+ 1988)
Comfort Zone (visual): 0.27 A.U.s
Angular size of star in sky in CZ: 1.392942 degrees

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