S.W. Burnham 28

light-years

Catalog numbers:
     Gliese (Gl) 469.2, Henry Draper (HD) 108799, Bonner Durchmusterung (BD) -12°3647, Hipparcos Input Catalog (HIC) 60994, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO) 157326, Aitken Double Star (ADS) 8573, Southern Reference System (SRS) 11032, Hoffleit Bright Star (HR) 4758, S.W. Burnham (BU) 28, Woolley (Wo) 9409
Arity: binary
Right Ascension and Declination: 12h30m4.811s, -13°23'34.65" (epoch 2000.0)
Distance from Sol: 81.5 light-years (25.0 parsecs)
Standard error in distance: 2.3897%
Source for distance: Hipparcos
Celestial (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: -78.6, -10.4, -18.9
Galactic (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: 23.5, -48.1, 61.4
Proper motion: 0.253 arcsec/yr (260.7° from north)
Radial Velocity: 1.9 km/sec
Source for proper motion and radial velocity: Gliese
Galactic (U,V,W) velocity components in km/s: -22.7, -19.3, -3.89

What do all these fields mean?

Data for A and B's orbit around one other:
Combined spectrum: G0 V
Combined absolute visual magnitude: +4.39
Combined visual luminosity: 1.53 x Sol
Period: 161.53 years
Semimajor Axis: 34.6 A.U.s
Eccentricity: 0.728
Periastron distance: 9.41 A.U.s
Apastron distance: 59.8 A.U.s
Year in which periastron occurs: 1943.94
Source for orbit data: A. da Silva
As seen from A:
     At periastron, B would appear as magnitude -19.49
     At apastron, B would appear as magnitude -15.48
As seen from B:
     At periastron, A would appear as magnitude -22.23
     At apastron, A would appear as magnitude -18.22

Data for A and B's orbit, take 2:
Period: 180 years
Semimajor Axis: 37.7 A.U.s
Source for orbit data: Gliese
As seen from A:
     B would appear as magnitude -16.48
As seen from B:
     A would appear as magnitude -19.22


Component A:
Apparent visual magnitude: +6.46
Absolute visual magnitude: +4.47
Visual luminosity: 1.42 x Sol
Color indices: R-I= +0.34
Diameter: 0.98 x Sol
Source for diameter: Apparent Diameters and Absolute Radii of Stars (Fracassini+ 1988)
Comfort Zone (visual): 1.19 A.U.s
Angular size of star in sky in CZ: 0.438961 degrees


Component B:
Spectral class: K
Luminosity Class: V
Apparent visual magnitude: +9.20
Absolute visual magnitude: +7.21
Visual luminosity: 0.11 x Sol
Diameter: 0.66 x Sol
Source for diameter: Apparent Diameters and Absolute Radii of Stars (Fracassini+ 1988)
Comfort Zone (visual): 0.34 A.U.s
Angular size of star in sky in CZ: 1.044169 degrees

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