Lacaille 9352, a red dwarf star in Piscis Austrinus
Lacaille 9352 is a red dwarf star in the constellation Piscis Austrinus. At 10.7 light years away, it shines at an apparent visual magnitude of 7.35.
Lacaille 9352 (HIP 114046)
Lacaille 9352 is a red dwarf star in the constellation Piscis Austrinus. At 10.7 light years away, it shines at an apparent visual magnitude of 7.35. The iron abundance of Lacaille 9352 is -0.19 (64.6% of the Sun). It is moving through the Galaxy at a speed of 107.5 km/s relative to the Sun. Its projected Galactic orbit carries it between 18,300 and 41,800 light years from the center of the Galaxy.
Sky position: RA 23h 5.8m, Dec -35° 51.6'
Common designations: Lacaille 9352, HIP 114046, HD 217987, Gliese 887
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Galactic Orbit of
Lacaille 9352
(compared to the
Sun)
E
ccentricity: 39.2% vs. 16.0%Angle φ : -82.0°vs. 26.0°
Semi-major axis : 9,215 pc vs. 8,686 pc
Semi-minor axis: 8,480 pc vs. 8,574 pc
Focus-to-center
: 3,608 pcvs. 1,388 pcSemilatus rectum : 7,803 pc vs. 8,464 pc
Perigalacticon: 5,607 pc vs. 7,297 pc
Apogalacticon
: 12,823 pcvs. 10,074 pcSome Tabulated XHIP Data for Lacaille 9352
(see also: SIMBAD)
Astrometry
2007A&A...474..653V
| Position | Proper Motion | |
| Right Ascension: | 346.44652121° ±0.48 mas | 6,768.20 ±0.59 mas/yr. |
| Declination: | -35.85629698° ±0.49 mas | 1,327.52 ±0.68 mas/yr. |
| Galactic Longitude: | 5.10275745° | -326.60 mas/yr. |
| Galactic Latitude: | -65.94033775° | -6,889.42 mas/yr. |
Parallax: 305.26 ± 0.70 mas
Spectrography
Spectral Type: M2V 2006A&A...460..695T.
Radial Velocity: 8.81 ±0.10 km/s [A rating] 2002ApJS..141..503N.
Iron Abundance [Fe/H]:
-0.19 dex
2005MNRAS.356..963W.
Photometry
| band | magnitude | Abs. Mag. |
| U | ||
| B | 8.83 | 11.26 |
| V | 7.35 | 9.77 |
| R | ||
| I | 5.33 | 7.75 |
| J | 4.34 | 6.76 |
| H | 3.61 | 6.03 |
| K | 3.47 | 5.89 |
B-V: +1.48 V-I: +2.02
Derivations
Heliocentric distance: 3.28 pc (0.2% margin of error)
Galactocentric distance: 7,399 pc
Transverse velocity: 107.1 km/s
3D heliocentric position and motion:
|
toward: |
Galactic center | Galactic rotation | North Galactic Pole |
| Position ( X, Y, Z) | 1.3 pc | 0.1 pc | -3.0 pc |
| Velocity (U, V, W) | -93.3 km/s | -13.4 km/s | -51.7 km/s |