Cordoba Durchmusterung -24°9867

light-years

Catalog numbers:
     Henry Draper (HD) 101259, Cordoba Durchmusterung (CD) -24°9867, Hipparcos Input Catalog (HIC) 56830, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO) 180065, FK4 Supplement (FK4 Sup) 2933, Hoffleit Bright Star (HR) 4489, Luyten Two-Tenth (LTT) 4310
Arity: singular
Right Ascension and Declination: 11h39m0.447s, -24°43'16.01" (epoch 2000.0)
Distance from Sol: 43 light-years (13 parsecs)
Standard error in distance: 11.67%
Source for distance: Gliese
Celestial (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: -39, 3.6, -18
Galactic (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: 8.3, -35, 25
Proper motion: 0.248 arcsec/yr (172.8° from north)
Radial Velocity: 96.7 km/sec
Source for proper motion and radial velocity: Gliese
Galactic (U,V,W) velocity components in km/s: 27, -83, 44

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Spectral class: G6-8
Luminosity Class: V
Apparent visual magnitude: +6.41
Absolute visual magnitude: +5.78
Visual luminosity: 0.4 x Sol
Color indices: B-V= +0.82, U-B= +0.32
Comfort Zone (visual): 0.7 A.U.s

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