99 Herculis

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Proper names: 99 Herculis
Catalog numbers:
     Gliese (Gl) 704, Henry Draper (HD) 165908, Bonner Durchmusterung (BD) +30°3128, Hipparcos Input Catalog (HIC) 88745, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO) 66648, Aitken Double Star (ADS) 11077, Hoffleit Bright Star (HR) 6775, Catalogue Astrographique (AC) 15
Heavy element abundance: 35% of Sol
Standard error in heavy element abundance: 6%
Source for heavy element abundance: Strobel [Fe/H] Determinations
Arity: the A star is a possible spectroscopic binary
Right Ascension and Declination: 18h7m1.582s, +30°33'43.28" (epoch 2000.0)
Distance from Sol: 51.06 light-years (15.65 parsecs)
Standard error in distance: 0.8536%
Source for distance: Hipparcos
Celestial (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: 1.348, -43.94, 25.96
Galactic (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: 25.71, 39.79, 19.06
Proper motion: 0.116 arcsec/yr (311.7° from north)
Radial Velocity: 1.6 km/sec
Source for proper motion and radial velocity: Gliese
Galactic (U,V,W) velocity components in km/s: -3.509, 0.487, 8.006

What do all these fields mean?

Data for A and B's orbit around one other:
Combined absolute visual magnitude: +4.07
Combined visual luminosity: 2.054 x Sol
Period: 55.8 years
Semimajor Axis: 15.65 A.U.s
Eccentricity: 0.74
Periastron distance: 4.070 A.U.s
Apastron distance: 27.24 A.U.s
Year in which periastron occurs: 1941.8
Source for orbit data: W.D. Heintz
As seen from A:
     At periastron, B would appear as magnitude -21.05
     At apastron, B would appear as magnitude -16.92
As seen from B:
     At periastron, A would appear as magnitude -24.41
     At apastron, A would appear as magnitude -20.28


Component A:
Spectral class: F7
Luminosity Class: V
Apparent visual magnitude: +5.09
Absolute visual magnitude: +4.12
Visual luminosity: 1.965 x Sol
Color indices: B-V= +0.50, U-B= -0.10
Diameter: 1.06 x Sol
Source for diameter: Apparent Diameters and Absolute Radii of Stars (Fracassini+ 1988)
Comfort Zone (visual): 1.402 A.U.s
Angular size of star in sky in CZ: 0.403164 degrees


Component B:
Spectral class: K5
Luminosity Class: V
Apparent visual magnitude: +8.45
Absolute visual magnitude: +7.48
Visual luminosity: 0.0890 x Sol
Color indices: B-V= +1.10, U-B= +1.00
Diameter: 0.74 x Sol
Source for diameter: Apparent Diameters and Absolute Radii of Stars (Fracassini+ 1988)
Comfort Zone (visual): 0.298 A.U.s
Angular size of star in sky in CZ: 1.322635 degrees

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