Xi Boötis

light-years
Proper names: Xi Boötis, 37 Boötis, Xi Bootis, 37 Bootis
Catalog numbers:
     Bonner Durchmusterung (BD) +19°2870, Hipparcos Input Catalog (HIC) 72659, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO) 101250, Aitken Double Star (ADS) 9413, Hoffleit Bright Star (HR) 5544, Struve (STF) 1888, Gliese (Gl) 566, Henry Draper (HD) 131156
Age: 60 million years
Source for age: Don C. Barry, "Chromospheric Age Dependence of…", APJ 334
Heavy element abundance: 103% of Sol
Standard error in heavy element abundance: 27%
Source for heavy element abundance: Strobel [Fe/H] Determinations
Arity: an unseen 3rd component is suspected
Right Ascension and Declination: 14h51m23.281s, +19°6'4.16" (epoch 2000.0)
Distance from Sol: 21.85 light-years (6.700 parsecs)
Standard error in distance: 0.5066%
Source for distance: Hipparcos
Celestial (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: -15.14, -14.04, 7.151
Galactic (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: 9.815, 4.189, 19.07
Proper motion: 0.171 arcsec/yr (127.2° from north)
Radial Velocity: 2.2 km/sec
Source for proper motion and radial velocity: Gliese
Galactic (U,V,W) velocity components in km/s: 5.749, 0.931, -0.642

What do all these fields mean?

Data for A and B's orbit around one other:
Combined absolute visual magnitude: +5.44
Combined visual luminosity: 0.579 x Sol
Period: 151.505 years
Semimajor Axis: 32.86 A.U.s
Eccentricity: 0.512
Periastron distance: 16.03 A.U.s
Apastron distance: 49.68 A.U.s
Year in which periastron occurs: 1909.36
Source for orbit data: R. Wielen
As seen from A:
     At periastron, B would appear as magnitude -17.71
     At apastron, B would appear as magnitude -15.25
As seen from B:
     At periastron, A would appear as magnitude -19.98
     At apastron, A would appear as magnitude -17.52


Component A:
Spectral class: G8e
Luminosity Class: V
Apparent visual magnitude: +4.70 (increasing to +4.50)
Absolute visual magnitude: +5.57 (increasing to +5.37)
Visual luminosity: 0.515 x Sol (increasing to 0.620 x Sol)
Variable type: BY Draconis (rotating variable)
Period of variability: 10.1 days
Color indices: B-V= +0.73, U-B= +0.22, R-I= +0.28
Mass: 0.87 x Sol
Source for mass: Burnham's Celestial Handbook
Diameter: 1.440 x Sol
Source for diameter: Apparent Diameters and Absolute Radii of Stars (Fracassini+ 1988)
Comfort Zone (visual): 0.718 A.U.s
Orbital period in CZ: 238.18 days
Tidal index in CZ: 2.35163
Angular size of star in sky in CZ: 1.069449 degrees


Component B:
Proper motion: 0.171 arcsec/yr (127.2° from north)
Radial Velocity: 3.1 km/sec
Source for proper motion and radial velocity: Gliese
Galactic (U,V,W) velocity components in km/s: 6.153, 1.103, 0.144
Spectral class: K4e
Luminosity Class: V
Apparent visual magnitude: +6.97
Absolute visual magnitude: +7.84
Visual luminosity: 0.0637 x Sol
Color indices: B-V= +1.16, U-B= +1.15, R-I= +0.44
Mass: 0.76 x Sol
Source for mass: Burnham's Celestial Handbook
Diameter: 0.749 x Sol
Source for diameter: Apparent Diameters and Absolute Radii of Stars (Fracassini+ 1988)
Comfort Zone (visual): 0.252 A.U.s
Orbital period in CZ: 53.1159 days
Tidal index in CZ: 47.2858
Angular size of star in sky in CZ: 1.581924 degrees

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