Gliese 282

light-years

Catalog numbers:
     Gliese (Gl) 282, Henry Draper (HD) 61606, Hipparcos Input Catalog (HIC) 37349, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO) 134954, UGPMF 165
Arity: binary
Right Ascension and Declination: 7h39m59.35s, -3°35'52.1" (epoch 2000.0)
Distance from Sol: 46.3 light-years (14.2 parsecs)
Standard error in distance: 1.3169%
Source for distance: Hipparcos
Celestial (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: -19.5, 41.9, -2.91
Galactic (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: -33.8, -30.6, 7.71
Proper motion: 0.297 arcsec/yr (165.7° from north)
Radial Velocity: -21.1 km/sec
Source for proper motion and radial velocity: Gliese
Galactic (U,V,W) velocity components in km/s: 27.8, -0.94, -8.37

What do all these fields mean?

Data for A and B's orbit around one other:
Combined absolute visual magnitude: +6.21
Combined visual luminosity: 0.29 x Sol
Observed Separation: 894 A.U.s
As seen from A:
     B would appear as magnitude -8.64
As seen from B:
     A would appear as magnitude -10.41


Component A:
Catalog numbers:
     Bonner Durchmusterung (BD) -3°2001, Giclas (G) 112-37
Spectral class: K2e
Luminosity Class: V
Apparent visual magnitude: +7.16
Absolute visual magnitude: +6.40
Visual luminosity: 0.24 x Sol
Color indices: B-V= +0.96, U-B= +0.73, R-I= +0.32
Mass: 0.64 x Sol
Diameter: 0.78 x Sol
Source for diameter: Apparent Diameters and Absolute Radii of Stars (Fracassini+ 1988)
Comfort Zone (visual): 0.49 A.U.s
Orbital period in CZ: 156.152 days
Tidal index in CZ: 5.47122
Angular size of star in sky in CZ: 0.850251 degrees


Component B:
Catalog numbers:
     Bonner Durchmusterung (BD) -3°2002, Giclas (G) 112-38
Right Ascension and Declination: 7h37m33s, -3°29'0" (epoch 1950.0)
Celestial (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: -19.1, 42.1, -2.81
Galactic (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: -34.1, -30.5, 7.33
Proper motion: 0.279 arcsec/yr (165.1° from north)
Radial Velocity: -13.4 km/sec
Source for proper motion and radial velocity: Gliese
Galactic (U,V,W) velocity components in km/s: 21.5, -5.26, -6.47
Spectral class: K5
Luminosity Class: V
Apparent visual magnitude: +8.94
Absolute visual magnitude: +8.18
Visual luminosity: 0.047 x Sol
Color indices: B-V= +1.33, U-B= +1.24, R-I= +0.57
Mass: 0.4 x Sol
Comfort Zone (visual): 0.22 A.U.s
Orbital period in CZ: 57.9138 days
Tidal index in CZ: 39.7756

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