Struve 1999

light-years

Catalog numbers:
     Woolley (Wo) 9541, Aitken Double Star (ADS) 9910, Struve (STF) 1999
Arity: binary
Points of interest:
     This system is now recognized as being gravitationally bound to Xi Scorpii, which lies 4.7 arc-minutes to the north in Earth's sky.  The projected separation of these two systems in space would be about 8000 A.U.s.

Right Ascension and Declination: 16h4m25.85s, -11°26'58.4" (epoch 2000.0)
Distance from Sol: 92.5 light-years (28.4 parsecs)
Standard error in distance: 6.7707%
Source for distance: Hipparcos
Celestial (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: -43.8, -79.4, -18.4
Galactic (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: 81.1, 0.50, 44.5
Proper motion: 0.075 arcsec/yr (248.0° from north)
Radial Velocity: -31.5 km/sec
Source for proper motion and radial velocity: Gliese
Galactic (U,V,W) velocity components in km/s: -29.8, -9.11, -11.0

What do all these fields mean?

Data for A and B's orbit around one other:
Combined absolute visual magnitude: +4.69
Combined visual luminosity: 1.16 x Sol
Observed Separation: 323 A.U.s
Source for orbit data: Burnham's Celestial Handbook
As seen from A:
     B would appear as magnitude -13.26
As seen from B:
     A would appear as magnitude -13.83


Component A:
Catalog numbers:
     Henry Draper (HD) 144087, Bonner Durchmusterung (BD) -11°4057, Hipparcos Input Catalog (HIC) 78738, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO) 159668, UGPMF 391
Spectral class: G8
Luminosity Class: V
Apparent visual magnitude: +7.46
Absolute visual magnitude: +5.20
Visual luminosity: 0.73 x Sol
Color indices: B-V= +0.74, U-B= +0.29
Diameter: 0.86 x Sol
Source for diameter: Apparent Diameters and Absolute Radii of Stars (Fracassini+ 1988)
Comfort Zone (visual): 0.85 A.U.s
Angular size of star in sky in CZ: 0.537624 degrees


Component B:
Catalog numbers:
     Henry Draper (HD) 144088, Bonner Durchmusterung (BD) -11°4058, Hipparcos Input Catalog (HIC) 78739, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO) 159670, UGPMF 392
Right Ascension and Declination: 16h4m26.69s, -11°27'0" (epoch 2000.0)
Celestial (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: -43.8, -79.4, -18.4
Galactic (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: 81.1, 0.50, 44.5
Proper motion: 0.07 arcsec/yr (248.1° from north)
Radial Velocity: -28.1 km/sec
Source for proper motion and radial velocity: Gliese
Galactic (U,V,W) velocity components in km/s: -26.7, -8.49, -9.67
Spectral class: K2
Luminosity Class: V
Apparent visual magnitude: +8.03
Absolute visual magnitude: +5.77
Visual luminosity: 0.43 x Sol
Color indices: B-V= +0.84, U-B= +0.51
Diameter: 0.81 x Sol
Source for diameter: Apparent Diameters and Absolute Radii of Stars (Fracassini+ 1988)
Comfort Zone (visual): 0.66 A.U.s
Angular size of star in sky in CZ: 0.658371 degrees

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