13 Ceti

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Proper names: 13 Ceti
Catalog numbers:
     Gliese (Gl) 23, Henry Draper (HD) 3196, Bonner Durchmusterung (BD) -4°62, Hipparcos Input Catalog (HIC) 2762, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO) 128839, Aitken Double Star (ADS) 490, Hoffleit Bright Star (HR) 142, New Suspected Variable (NSV) 212
Arity: binary
Right Ascension and Declination: 0h35m14.873s, -3°35'34.22" (epoch 2000.0)
Distance from Sol: 68.7 light-years (21.0 parsecs)
Standard error in distance: 2.3633%
Source for distance: Hipparcos
Celestial (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: 67.7, 10.5, -4.30
Galactic (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: -11.6, 25.4, -62.7
Proper motion: 0.411 arcsec/yr (92.9° from north)
Radial Velocity: 11.2 km/sec
Source for proper motion and radial velocity: Gliese
Galactic (U,V,W) velocity components in km/s: -35.8, -18.8, -13.2

What do all these fields mean?

Data for A and B's orbit around one other:
Combined absolute visual magnitude: +3.59
Combined visual luminosity: 3.18 x Sol
Period: 6.92 years
Semimajor Axis: 4.84 A.U.s
Eccentricity: 0.77
Periastron distance: 1.11 A.U.s
Apastron distance: 8.57 A.U.s
Year in which periastron occurs: 1973.89
Source for orbit data: G. Gatewood, A.L. Behall
As seen from A:
     At periastron, B would appear as magnitude -26.55
     At apastron, B would appear as magnitude -22.12
As seen from B:
     At periastron, A would appear as magnitude -27.30
     At apastron, A would appear as magnitude -22.87


Component A:
NOTE: This star is actually a close-orbiting binary pair. The data below are for both sub-components of the pair combined.
Spectral class: F6
Luminosity Class: V
Apparent visual magnitude: +5.65
Absolute visual magnitude: +4.03
Visual luminosity: 2.12 x Sol
Diameter: 1 x Sol
Source for diameter: Apparent Diameters and Absolute Radii of Stars (Fracassini+ 1988)
Comfort Zone (visual): 1.46 A.U.s
Angular size of star in sky in CZ: 0.366096 degrees


Component B:
NOTE: This star is actually a close-orbiting binary pair. The data below are for both sub-components of the pair combined.
Proper motion: 0.411 arcsec/yr (92.9° from north)
Radial Velocity: 8.8 km/sec
Source for proper motion and radial velocity: Gliese
Galactic (U,V,W) velocity components in km/s: -35.4, -19.7, -11.1
Spectral class: G1
Luminosity Class: V
Apparent visual magnitude: +6.40
Absolute visual magnitude: +4.78
Visual luminosity: 1.06 x Sol
Diameter: 0.92 x Sol
Source for diameter: Apparent Diameters and Absolute Radii of Stars (Fracassini+ 1988)
Comfort Zone (visual): 1.03 A.U.s
Angular size of star in sky in CZ: 0.475762 degrees

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