Gliese 213, a red dwarf star in Orion
Gliese 213 is a red dwarf star in the constellation Orion. At 19.0 light years away, it shines at an apparent visual magnitude of 11.56.
Gliese 213 (HIP 26857)
Gliese 213 is a red dwarf star in the constellation Orion. At 19.0 light years away, it shines at an apparent visual magnitude of 11.56. It is moving through the Galaxy at a speed of 127 km/s relative to the Sun. It came closest to the Sun 37,000 years ago when it had brightened to magnitude 10.27 from a distance of 10.5 light years.
Sky position: RA 5h 42.1m, Dec +12° 29.4'
Common designations: HIP 26857, Gliese 213, Ross 47
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Galactic Orbit of
Gliese 213
(compared to the
Sun)
E
ccentricity: 62.5% vs. 16.0%Angle φ : -158.0°vs. 26.0°
Semi-major axis : 5,112 pc vs. 8,686 pc
Semi-minor axis: 3,990 pc vs. 8,574 pc
Focus-to-center
: 3,195 pcvs. 1,388 pcSemilatus rectum : 3,114 pc vs. 8,464 pc
Perigalacticon: 1,916 pc vs. 7,297 pc
Apogalacticon
: 8,307 pcvs. 10,074 pcSome Tabulated XHIP Data for Gliese 213
(see also: SIMBAD)
Astrometry
2007A&A...474..653V
| Position | Proper Motion | |
| Right Ascension: | 85.53363523° ±3.34 mas | 2,001.07 ±1.81 mas/yr. |
| Declination: | 12.49315469° ±1.90 mas | -1,570.77 ±1.41 mas/yr. |
| Galactic Longitude: | 193.70235672° | 2,370.70 mas/yr. |
| Galactic Latitude: | -9.21431777° | 922.68 mas/yr. |
Parallax: 171.55 ± 3.99 mas
Spectrography
Spectral Type: M4.0V 2002AJ....123.2002H.
Radial Velocity: 105.83 ±0.18 km/s [A rating] 2011AAS...21743412C, 2006AstL...32..759G.
Iron Abundance [Fe/H]:
n/a
Photometry
band
magnitude
Abs. Mag.
U
B
13.24
14.41
V
11.56
12.73
R
10.40
11.57
I
9.70
10.87
J
7.12
8.30
H
6.63
7.80
K
6.39
7.56
B-V: +1.68 V-I: +1.86
Derivations
Heliocentric distance: 5.83 pc (2.3% margin of error)
Galactocentric distance: 7,406 pc
Transverse velocity: 70.3 km/s
3D heliocentric position and motion:
|
toward: |
Galactic center | Galactic rotation | North Galactic Pole |
| Position ( X, Y, Z) | -5.6 pc | -1.4 pc | -0.9 pc |
| Velocity (U, V, W) | -89.9 km/s | -89.3 km/s | 8.2 km/s |