Gliese 896

GJ 896
Observation data
Epoch J2000.0      Equinox J2000.0
Constellation Pegasus
Right ascension 23h 31m 52.17898s[1]
Declination +19° 56 14.1505[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) 10.165 (10.35 / 12.4)
Characteristics
Spectral type M3.5V / M4.5V
Astrometry
Parallax (π)161.76 ± 1.66[1] mas
Distance20.2 ± 0.2 ly
(6.18 ± 0.06 pc)
Other designations
The system:
BD +19 5116[2]
EQ Pegasi
LTT 16919
LFT 1799
G 68-24
G 129-19
G 128-71
PM J23318+1956
PM 23293+1940
NLTT 57135[3]
LHS 3965[4]
IRAS 23293+1939
GJ 896[5]
PLX 5694[6]
WDS J23317+1956AB
GSC 01723-00023
HIP 116132[7]
AKARI-IRC-V1 J2331524+195613[8]

A:
TYC 1723-23-1[9][10]
2MASS J23315208+1956142

B:
LTT 16920
LFT 1800
NLTT 57136[11]
LHS 3966[12]
TYC 1723-23-2[13][14]
2MASS J23315244+1956138
Database references
SIMBADThe system
A
B

Gliese 896 (EQ Pegasi) is a system of two red dwarf stars of spectral types M3.5V and M4.5V, located in constellation Pegasus at 20 light-years from Earth.[1]

Distance

Gliese 896 distance estimates

Source Parallax, mas Distance, pc Distance, ly Distance, Pm Ref.
Woolley et al. (1970) 155±9 6.5±0.4 21+1.3
−1.2
199.1+12.3
−10.9
[15]
Gliese & Jahreiß (1991) 151.9±3.7 6.58±0.16 21.5±0.5 203.1+5.1
−4.8
[5]
van Altena et al. (1995) 150.9±4.8 6.63+0.22
−0.2
21.6±0.7 204.5+6.7
−6.3
[6]
Perryman et al. (1997) (Hipparcos) 160.06±2.81 6.25±0.11 20.4±0.4 192.8+3.4
−3.3
[7]
Perryman et al. (1997) (Tycho) (A) 141.40±33.90 7.1+2.2
−1.4
23.1+7.3
−4.5
218.2+68.8
−42.2
[9]
Perryman et al. (1997) (Tycho) (B) (absents) [13]
Weis et al. (1999) 147.1±6.6 6.8+0.32
−0.29
22.2±1 209.8+9.9
−9
[16]
van Leeuwen (2007) 161.76±1.66 6.18±0.06 20.16+0.21
−0.2
190.8+2
−1.9
[1]
RECONS TOP100 (2012) 159.88±1.53[nb 1] 6.25±0.06 20.4+0.2
−0.19
193+1.9
−1.8
[17]

Non-trigonometric distance estimates are marked in italic. The most precise estimate is marked in bold.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 van Leeuwen F. (2007). "HIP 116132". Validation of the new Hipparcos reduction.
  2. Argelander, Friedrich Wilhelm (1859–1903). "BD +19 5116". Bonner Durchmusterung.
  3. Luyten, Willem Jacob (1979). "NLTT 57135". NLTT Catalogue.
  4. Luyten, Willem Jacob (1979). "LHS 3965". LHS Catalogue, 2nd Edition.
  5. 5.0 5.1 Gliese, W. and Jahreiß, H. (1991). "Gl 896". Preliminary Version of the Third Catalogue of Nearby Stars.
  6. 6.0 6.1 Van Altena W. F., Lee J. T., Hoffleit E. D. (1995). "GCTP 5694". The General Catalogue of Trigonometric Stellar Parallaxes (Fourth ed.).
  7. 7.0 7.1 Perryman et al. (1997). "HIP 116132". The Hipparcos and Tycho Catalogues.
  8. ISAS/JAXA (2010). "AKARI-IRC-V1 2331524+195613". AKARI/IRC All-Sky Survey Point Source Catalogue (Version 1.0).
  9. 9.0 9.1 Perryman et al. (1997). "HIP 116132". The Hipparcos and Tycho Catalogues.
  10. Hog et al. (2000). "TYC 1723-23-1". The Tycho-2 Catalogue.
  11. Luyten, Willem Jacob (1979). "NLTT 57136". NLTT Catalogue.
  12. Luyten, Willem Jacob (1979). "LHS 3966". LHS Catalogue, 2nd Edition.
  13. 13.0 13.1 Perryman et al. (1997). "TYC 1723-23-2". The Hipparcos and Tycho Catalogues.
  14. Hog et al. (2000). "TYC 1723-23-2". The Tycho-2 Catalogue.
  15. Woolley R.; Epps E. A.; Penston M. J.; Pocock S. B. (1970). "Woolley 896". Catalogue of stars within 25 parsecs of the Sun.
  16. Weis, E. W.; Lee, J. T.; Lee, A. H.; Griese, J. W., III; Vincent, J. M.; Upgren, A. R. (1999). "Parallaxes and Proper Motions. XX.". The Astronomical Journal 117 (2): 1037–1041. Bibcode:1999AJ....117.1037W. doi:10.1086/300747.
  17. "RECONS TOP100". THE ONE HUNDRED NEAREST STAR SYSTEMS brought to you by RECONS (Research Consortium On Nearby Stars). 2012.

Notes

  1. Weighted parallax based on parallaxes from van Altena et al. (1995), Weis et al. (1999) and van Leeuwen (2007).