26 Draconis

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Proper names: 26 Draconis
Catalog numbers:
     Gliese (Gl) 684, Henry Draper (HD) 160269, Bonner Durchmusterung (BD) +61°1678, Luyten Half-Second (LHS) 3305, Hipparcos Input Catalog (HIC) 86036, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO) 17546, Aitken Double Star (ADS) 10660, Hoffleit Bright Star (HR) 6573, S.W. Burnham (BU) 962
Arity: trinary
Right Ascension and Declination: 17h34m59.485s, +61°52'29.84" (epoch 2000.0)
Distance from Sol: 45.95 light-years (14.09 parsecs)
Standard error in distance: 0.7689%
Source for distance: Hipparcos
Celestial (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: -2.359, -21.53, 40.53
Galactic (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: -0.644, 38.71, 24.75
Proper motion: 0.568 arcsec/yr (154.1° from north)
Radial Velocity: -16.3 km/sec
Source for proper motion and radial velocity: Gliese
Galactic (U,V,W) velocity components in km/s: 34.80, -4.919, -21.65

What do all these fields mean?

Data for A and B's orbit around one other:
Combined absolute visual magnitude: +4.51
Combined visual luminosity: 1.367 x Sol
Period: 76 years
Semimajor Axis: 21.41 A.U.s
Eccentricity: 0.16
Periastron distance: 17.99 A.U.s
Apastron distance: 24.84 A.U.s
Year in which periastron occurs: 1950.4
Source for orbit data: P. Baize
As seen from A:
     At periastron, B would appear as magnitude -17.98
     At apastron, B would appear as magnitude -17.28
As seen from B:
     At periastron, A would appear as magnitude -20.70
     At apastron, A would appear as magnitude -20.00

Data for (A-B) and C's orbit around one other:
Combined absolute visual magnitude: +4.50
Combined visual luminosity: 1.386 x Sol
Observed Separation: 10397 A.U.s
As seen from (A-B):
     C would appear as magnitude -2.33
As seen from C:
     (A-B) would appear as magnitude -6.98


Component A:
NOTE: This star is actually a close-orbiting binary pair. The data below are for both sub-components of the pair combined.
Catalog numbers:
     Luyten Two-Tenth (LTT) 15223
Spectral class: G0
Luminosity Class: Va
Apparent visual magnitude: +5.34
Absolute visual magnitude: +4.60
Visual luminosity: 1.264 x Sol
Color indices: B-V= +0.56, U-B= +0.07
Diameter: 1.06 x Sol
Source for diameter: Apparent Diameters and Absolute Radii of Stars (Fracassini+ 1988)
Comfort Zone (visual): 1.124 A.U.s
Angular size of star in sky in CZ: 0.502640 degrees


Component B:
Catalog numbers:
     Luyten Two-Tenth (LTT) 15223
Spectral class: K3
Luminosity Class: V
Apparent visual magnitude: +8.06
Absolute visual magnitude: +7.32
Visual luminosity: 0.103 x Sol
Color indices: B-V= +1.10, U-B= +1.00
Diameter: 1.287 x Sol
Source for diameter: Apparent Diameters and Absolute Radii of Stars (Fracassini+ 1988)
Comfort Zone (visual): 0.321 A.U.s
Angular size of star in sky in CZ: 2.135827 degrees


Component C:
Spectral class: M1
Luminosity Class: V
Apparent visual magnitude: +9.90
Absolute visual magnitude: +9.16
Visual luminosity: 0.0190 x Sol
Comfort Zone (visual): 0.138 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.