94 Aquarii

light-years
Proper names: 94 Aquarii
Catalog numbers:
     Gliese (Gl) 894.2, Henry Draper (HD) 219834, Bonner Durchmusterung (BD) -14°6448, Hipparcos Input Catalog (HIC) 115126, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO) 165625, Aitken Double Star (ADS) 16672, Hoffleit Bright Star (HR) 8866, Struve (STF) 2998
Arity: binary
Right Ascension and Declination: 23h19m6.69s, -13°27'32" (epoch 2000.0)
Distance from Sol: 67.6 light-years (20.7 parsecs)
Standard error in distance: 9.8186%
Source for distance: Hipparcos
Celestial (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: 64.7, -11.7, -15.7
Galactic (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: 13.4, 25.4, -61.2
Proper motion: 0.312 arcsec/yr (108.5° from north)
Radial Velocity: 10.3 km/sec
Source for proper motion and radial velocity: Gliese
Galactic (U,V,W) velocity components in km/s: -18.9, -14.8, -21.7

What do all these fields mean?

Data for A and B's orbit around one other:
Combined absolute visual magnitude: +3.50
Combined visual luminosity: 3.45 x Sol
Observed Separation: 373 A.U.s
As seen from A:
     B would appear as magnitude -12.69
As seen from B:
     A would appear as magnitude -15.10


Component A:
NOTE: This star is actually a close-orbiting binary pair. The data below are for both sub-components of the pair combined.
Proper names: Viln 82 no 43
Spectral class: G5
Luminosity Class: IV
Apparent visual magnitude: +5.20
Absolute visual magnitude: +3.62
Visual luminosity: 3.12 x Sol
Color indices: B-V= +0.79, U-B= +0.41, R-I= +0.26
Diameter: 1.89 x Sol
Source for diameter: Apparent Diameters and Absolute Radii of Stars (Fracassini+ 1988)
Comfort Zone (visual): 1.77 A.U.s
Angular size of star in sky in CZ: 0.572176 degrees


Component B:
Proper names: Viln 82 no 44
Right Ascension and Declination: 23h16m29s, -13°43'36" (epoch 1950.0)
Celestial (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: 64.5, -12.4, -16.1
Galactic (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: 14.2, 25.4, -61.0
Proper motion: 0.321 arcsec/yr (106.1° from north)
Radial Velocity: 10.3 km/sec
Source for proper motion and radial velocity: Gliese
Galactic (U,V,W) velocity components in km/s: -20.3, -14.2, -22.1
Spectral class: K2
Luminosity Class: V
Apparent visual magnitude: +7.61
Absolute visual magnitude: +6.03
Visual luminosity: 0.34 x Sol
Color indices: B-V= +0.91, U-B= +0.67, R-I= +0.29
Comfort Zone (visual): 0.58 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.