Epsilon Fornacis

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Proper names: Epsilon Fornacis
Catalog numbers:
     Woolley (Wo) 9107, Henry Draper (HD) 18907, Cordoba Durchmusterung (CD) -28°987 , Luyten Half-Second (LHS) 1489 , Hipparcos Input Catalog (HIC) 14086, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO) 168238, FK5 Extension (FK5 Ext) 2215, Hoffleit Bright Star (HR) 914, Luyten Two-Tenth (LTT) 1446, Luyten FT (LFT) 251
Arity: singular
Right Ascension and Declination: 3h1m37.653s, -28°5'29.68" (epoch 2000.0)
Distance from Sol: 99.0 light-years (30.4 parsecs)
Standard error in distance: 2.139%
Source for distance: Hipparcos
Celestial (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: 61.3, 62.2, -46.6
Galactic (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: -35.9, -32.5, -86.4
Proper motion: 0.514 arcsec/yr (147.4° from north)
Radial Velocity: 43.3 km/sec
Source for proper motion and radial velocity: Gliese
Galactic (U,V,W) velocity components in km/s: 8.01, -82.5, -21.9

What do all these fields mean?


Spectral class: G5
Luminosity Class: IV
Apparent visual magnitude: +5.88
Absolute visual magnitude: +3.46
Visual luminosity: 3.58 x Sol
Color indices: B-V= +0.79
Diameter: 2.48 x Sol
Source for diameter: Apparent Diameters and Absolute Radii of Stars (Fracassini+ 1988)
Comfort Zone (visual): 1.89 A.U.s
Angular size of star in sky in CZ: 0.698430 degrees

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