54 Piscis

light-years
Proper names: 54 Piscis
Catalog numbers:
     Gliese (Gl) 27, Henry Draper (HD) 3651, Bonner Durchmusterung (BD) +20°85 , Luyten Half-Second (LHS) 1116, Hipparcos Input Catalog (HIC) 3093, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO) 74175, Hoffleit Bright Star (HR) 166, New Suspected Variable (NSV) 245
Heavy element abundance: 68% of Sol
Standard error in heavy element abundance: 16%
Source for heavy element abundance: Strobel [Fe/H] Determinations
Arity: singular
Right Ascension and Declination: 0h39m21.8s, +21°15'1.6" (epoch 2000.0)
Distance from Sol: 36.23 light-years (11.11 parsecs)
Standard error in distance: 0.7934%
Source for distance: Hipparcos
Celestial (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: 33.27, 5.771, 13.13
Galactic (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: -13.62, 23.57, -23.91
Proper motion: 0.588 arcsec/yr (231.2° from north)
Radial Velocity: -32.9 km/sec
Source for proper motion and radial velocity: Gliese
Galactic (U,V,W) velocity components in km/s: 40.07, -19.25, 8.054

What do all these fields mean?


Spectral class: K0+
Luminosity Class: V
Apparent visual magnitude: +5.88
Absolute visual magnitude: +5.65
Visual luminosity: 0.479 x Sol
Color indices: B-V= +0.85
Mass: 0.79 x Sol
Diameter: 1.015 x Sol
Source for diameter: Apparent Diameters and Absolute Radii of Stars (Fracassini+ 1988)
Comfort Zone (visual): 0.692 A.U.s
Orbital period in CZ: 236.475 days
Tidal index in CZ: 2.38568
Angular size of star in sky in CZ: 0.781897 degrees

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