Beta Caeli

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Proper names: Beta Caeli
Catalog numbers:
     Gliese (Gl) 176.1, Henry Draper (HD) 29992, Cordoba Durchmusterung (CD) -37°1867, Hipparcos Input Catalog (HIC) 21861, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO) 195239, Fifth Fundamental Catalogue (FK5) 1130, Hoffleit Bright Star (HR) 1503
Arity: singular
Right Ascension and Declination: 4h42m3.482s, -37°8'39.69" (epoch 2000.0)
Distance from Sol: 90.2 light-years (27.7 parsecs)
Standard error in distance: 1.6322%
Source for distance: Hipparcos
Celestial (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: 24.0, 67.8, -54.5
Galactic (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: -34.4, -59.3, -58.6
Proper motion: 0.199 arcsec/yr (11.7° from north)
Radial Velocity: 26.8 km/sec
Source for proper motion and radial velocity: Gliese
Galactic (U,V,W) velocity components in km/s: -34.3, -9.71, -11.3

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Spectral class: F1
Luminosity Class: V
Apparent visual magnitude: +5.04
Absolute visual magnitude: +2.83
Visual luminosity: 6.44 x Sol
Color indices: B-V= +0.38, U-B= +0.02, R-I= +0.22
Diameter: 2.17 x Sol
Source for diameter: Apparent Diameters and Absolute Radii of Stars (Fracassini+ 1988)
Comfort Zone (visual): 2.54 A.U.s
Angular size of star in sky in CZ: 0.455644 degrees

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