Observation data Epoch J2000 Equinox J2000 | |
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Constellation | Hercules |
Right ascension | 16h 24m 09.314s[1] |
Declination | +48° 21′ 11.11″[1] |
Characteristics | |
Spectral type | M3.0V[2] |
Astrometry | |
Radial velocity (Rv) | −28.06±0.59[1] km/s |
Proper motion (μ) | RA: 1,151.232mas/yr[1] Dec.: −499.079mas/yr[1] |
Parallax (π) | 127.4785±0.4818 mas[1] |
Distance | 25.59 ± 0.10 ly (7.84 ± 0.03 pc) |
Orbit[3] | |
Period (P) | 1365.6±0.3 d |
Semi-major axis (a) | 1.894±0.019 AU |
Eccentricity (e) | 0.631±0.002 |
Inclination (i) | 154.0±0.1° |
Longitude of the node (Ω) | 98.5±0.47° |
Periastronepoch (T) | 1313.3±0.6 reduced JD |
Argument of periastron (ω) (secondary) | 248.68±0.46° |
Details[3] | |
Primary (A) | |
Mass | 0.371±0.015 M☉ |
Secondary (B) | |
Mass | 0.115±0.0023 M☉ |
Other designations | |
GJ 623,HIP 80346,G 202-45,LHS 417[2] | |
Database references | |
SIMBAD | data |
Location of Gliese 623 in the constellationHercules |
Gliese 623 is a dimbinary star 25.6light-years from Earth in the constellationHercules. It was photographed by the NASA/ESAHubble Space Telescope'sFaint Object Camera in 1994.[4] The binary system consists of twored dwarfs orbiting each other at a distance of 1.9astronomical units.[3]
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