Epsilon Reticuli

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Proper names: Epsilon Reticuli
Catalog numbers:
     Gliese (Gl) 167.3, Henry Draper (HD) 27442, Cape Photographic Durchmusterung (CPD) -59°324, Hipparcos Input Catalog (HIC) 19921, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO) 233463, Hoffleit Bright Star (HR) 1355, Woolley (Wo) 9153
Arity: singular
Right Ascension and Declination: 4h16m28.93s, -59°18'7.2" (epoch 2000.0)
Distance from Sol: 59.48 light-years (18.23 parsecs)
Standard error in distance: 0.9035%
Source for distance: Hipparcos
Celestial (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: 13.25, 27.32, -51.14
Galactic (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: -0.00427, -43.85, -40.18
Proper motion: 0.17 arcsec/yr (197.5° from north)
Radial Velocity: 29.3 km/sec
Source for proper motion and radial velocity: Gliese
Galactic (U,V,W) velocity components in km/s: 14.69, -21.81, -19.57

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Spectral class: K2
Luminosity Class: IV
Apparent visual magnitude: +4.44
Absolute visual magnitude: +3.13
Visual luminosity: 4.860 x Sol
Color indices: B-V= +1.07, U-B= +1.08, R-I= +0.37
Diameter: 4.566 x Sol
Source for diameter: Apparent Diameters and Absolute Radii of Stars (Fracassini+ 1988)
Comfort Zone (visual): 2.205 A.U.s
Angular size of star in sky in CZ: 1.104237 degrees

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