36 Draconis

light-years
Proper names: 36 Draconis
Catalog numbers:
     Gliese (Gl) 708.1, Henry Draper (HD) 168151, Bonner Durchmusterung (BD) +64°1252, Hipparcos Input Catalog (HIC) 89348, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO) 17828, Fifth Fundamental Catalogue (FK5) 685, Hoffleit Bright Star (HR) 6850, Woolley (Wo) 9619
Age: 3200 million years
Source for age: B. Edvardsson et al., "Chemical Evolution of the Galactic Disc", A&AP 275
Heavy element abundance: 58% of Sol
Source for heavy element abundance: B. Edvardsson et al., "Chemical Evolution of the Galactic Disc", A&AP 275
Arity: singular
Right Ascension and Declination: 18h13m53.802s, +64°23'50.19" (epoch 2000.0)
Distance from Sol: 76.6 light-years (23.5 parsecs)
Standard error in distance: 1.0463%
Source for distance: Hipparcos
Celestial (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: 2.01, -33.1, 69.1
Galactic (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: -4.70, 67.3, 36.3
Proper motion: 0.344 arcsec/yr (84.7° from north)
Radial Velocity: -36.1 km/sec
Source for proper motion and radial velocity: Gliese
Galactic (U,V,W) velocity components in km/s: -5.87, -14.4, -50.3

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Spectral class: F5
Luminosity Class: V
Apparent visual magnitude: +5.00
Absolute visual magnitude: +3.15
Visual luminosity: 4.81 x Sol
Color indices: B-V= +0.38, U-B= -0.04
Diameter: 1.57 x Sol
Source for diameter: Apparent Diameters and Absolute Radii of Stars (Fracassini+ 1988)
Comfort Zone (visual): 2.19 A.U.s
Angular size of star in sky in CZ: 0.380626 degrees

light-years
but not more than light-years away
Data for this star system were most recently updated on 12-May-2001.