Gliese 93, a type M0 star in Horologium
Gliese 93 is a type M0 star in the constellation Horologium. At 74 light years away, it shines at an apparent visual magnitude of 11.48.
Gliese 93 (HIP 10688)
Gliese 93 is a type M0 star in the constellation Horologium. At 74 light years away, it shines at an apparent visual magnitude of 11.48. Gliese 93 is the primary component of a multiple-star system. It is moving through the Galaxy at a speed of 65.8 km/s relative to the Sun. Its projected Galactic orbit carries it between 20,600 and 35,500 light years from the center of the Galaxy.
Sky position: RA 2h 17.6m, Dec -53° 59.4'
Common designations: HIP 10688, Gliese 93
Galactic Orbit of
Gliese 93
(compared to the
Sun)
E
ccentricity: 26.6% vs. 16.0%Angle φ : -72.3°vs. 26.0°
Semi-major axis : 8,605 pc vs. 8,686 pc
Semi-minor axis: 8,295 pc vs. 8,574 pc
Focus-to-center
: 2,288 pcvs. 1,388 pcSemilatus rectum : 7,997 pc vs. 8,464 pc
Perigalacticon: 6,317 pc vs. 7,297 pc
Apogalacticon
: 10,893 pcvs. 10,074 pcSome Tabulated XHIP Data for Gliese 93
(see also: SIMBAD)
Astrometry
2007A&A...474..653V
| Position | Proper Motion | |
| Right Ascension: | 34.39039655° ±2.03 mas | 465.34 ±2.45 mas/yr. |
| Declination: | -53.98996825° ±2.26 mas | 389.29 ±2.70 mas/yr. |
| Galactic Longitude: | 278.29786828° | -606.64 mas/yr. |
| Galactic Latitude: | -58.82466768° | -8.40 mas/yr. |
Parallax: 43.61 ± 2.54 mas
Spectrography
Spectral Type: M0.5 2010...Simbad.
Radial Velocity: -4.50 ±10.00 km/s [C rating] 1996AJ....112.2799H.
Iron Abundance [Fe/H]:
n/a
Photometry
band
magnitude
Abs. Mag.
U
B
12.93
11.13
V
11.48
9.69
R
I
9.58
7.79
J
8.47
6.68
H
7.83
6.04
K
7.65
5.86
B-V: +1.45 V-I: +1.90
Derivations
Heliocentric distance: 22.84 pc (5.8% margin of error)
Galactocentric distance: 7,398 pc
Transverse velocity: 65.7 km/s
3D heliocentric position and motion:
|
toward: |
Galactic center | Galactic rotation | North Galactic Pole |
| Position ( X, Y, Z) | 1.7 pc | -11.7 pc | -19.5 pc |
| Velocity (U, V, W) | -65.4 km/s | -6.4 km/s | 3.4 km/s |