Gamma Sculptoris

light-years
Proper names: Gamma Sculptoris
Catalog numbers:
     Woolley (Wo) 9821, Henry Draper (HD) 219784, Cordoba Durchmusterung (CD) -33°16476, Hipparcos Input Catalog (HIC) 115102, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO) 214444, Fifth Fundamental Catalogue (FK5) 879, Hoffleit Bright Star (HR) 8863
Arity: singular
Right Ascension and Declination: 23h18m49.441s, -32°31'55.17" (epoch 2000.0)
Distance from Sol: 179 light-years (54.8 parsecs)
Standard error in distance: 4.2017%
Source for distance: Hipparcos
Celestial (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: 148, -26.9, -96.2
Galactic (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: 60.0, 13.6, -168
Proper motion: 0.068 arcsec/yr (164.2° from north)
Radial Velocity: 15.6 km/sec
Source for proper motion and radial velocity: Gliese
Galactic (U,V,W) velocity components in km/s: 7.16, -16.4, -15.4

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Spectral class: G8
Luminosity Class: III
Apparent visual magnitude: +4.41
Absolute visual magnitude: +0.72
Visual luminosity: 45.0 x Sol
Color indices: B-V= +1.13, U-B= +1.06
Diameter: 14.7 x Sol
Source for diameter: Apparent Diameters and Absolute Radii of Stars (Fracassini+ 1988)
Comfort Zone (visual): 6.71 A.U.s
Angular size of star in sky in CZ: 1.170099 degrees

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