Gamma Apodis

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Proper names: Gamma Apodis
Catalog numbers:
     Gliese (Gl) 626.1, Henry Draper (HD) 147675, Cape Photographic Durchmusterung (CPD) -78°1103, Hipparcos Input Catalog (HIC) 81065, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO) 257407, Fifth Fundamental Catalogue (FK5) 611, Hoffleit Bright Star (HR) 6102, Woolley (Wo) 9563
Heavy element abundance: 89% of Sol
Source for heavy element abundance: Strobel [Fe/H] Determinations
Arity: singular
Right Ascension and Declination: 16h33m27.043s, -78°53'49.66" (epoch 2000.0)
Distance from Sol: 160 light-years (48.9 parsecs)
Standard error in distance: 2.5274%
Source for distance: Hipparcos
Celestial (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: -11.3, -28.6, -157
Galactic (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: 101, -109, -56.8
Proper motion: 0.141 arcsec/yr (239.6° from north)
Radial Velocity: 5.4 km/sec
Source for proper motion and radial velocity: Gliese
Galactic (U,V,W) velocity components in km/s: -15.9, -27.5, 9.36

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Spectral class: K0
Luminosity Class: IV
Apparent visual magnitude: +3.88
Absolute visual magnitude: +0.43
Visual luminosity: 58.4 x Sol
Color indices: B-V= +0.91, U-B= +0.62, R-I= +0.44
Diameter: 11.0 x Sol
Source for diameter: Apparent Diameters and Absolute Radii of Stars (Fracassini+ 1988)
Comfort Zone (visual): 7.64 A.U.s
Angular size of star in sky in CZ: 0.766348 degrees

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