Delta Equulei

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Proper names: Delta Equulei, 7 Equulei
Catalog numbers:
     Gliese (Gl) 822, Henry Draper (HD) 202275, Bonner Durchmusterung (BD) +9°4746, Hipparcos Input Catalog (HIC) 104858, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO) 126643, Aitken Double Star (ADS) 14773, Hoffleit Bright Star (HR) 8123, Struve (STF) 2777, O. Struve (STT) 535
Arity: binary
Right Ascension and Declination: 21h14m28.774s, +10°0'24.9" (epoch 2000.0)
Distance from Sol: 60.3 light-years (18.5 parsecs)
Standard error in distance: 1.5466%
Source for distance: Hipparcos
Celestial (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: 44.5, -39.2, 10.5
Galactic (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: 26.2, 47.4, -26.4
Proper motion: 0.307 arcsec/yr (175.3° from north)
Radial Velocity: -15.8 km/sec
Source for proper motion and radial velocity: Gliese
Galactic (U,V,W) velocity components in km/s: 6.81, -29.0, -9.25

What do all these fields mean?

Data for A and B's orbit around one other:
Combined absolute visual magnitude: +3.16
Combined visual luminosity: 4.75 x Sol
Period: 5.7 years
Semimajor Axis: 4.81 A.U.s
Eccentricity: 0.42
Periastron distance: 2.79 A.U.s
Apastron distance: 6.82 A.U.s
Year in which periastron occurs: 1912.77
Source for orbit data: W.J. Luyten, E.G. Ebbighausen
As seen from A:
     At periastron, B would appear as magnitude -25.28
     At apastron, B would appear as magnitude -23.34
As seen from B:
     At periastron, A would appear as magnitude -25.57
     At apastron, A would appear as magnitude -23.63


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: F7
Luminosity Class: V
Apparent visual magnitude: +5.11
Absolute visual magnitude: +3.78
Visual luminosity: 2.69 x Sol
Diameter: 2.38 x Sol
Source for diameter: Apparent Diameters and Absolute Radii of Stars (Fracassini+ 1988)
Comfort Zone (visual): 1.64 A.U.s
Angular size of star in sky in CZ: 0.774986 degrees


Component B:
Spectral class: F7
Luminosity Class: V
Apparent visual magnitude: +5.40
Absolute visual magnitude: +4.07
Visual luminosity: 2.06 x Sol
Diameter: 1.05 x Sol
Source for diameter: Apparent Diameters and Absolute Radii of Stars (Fracassini+ 1988)
Comfort Zone (visual): 1.43 A.U.s
Angular size of star in sky in CZ: 0.390190 degrees

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