Observation data Epoch J2000 Equinox J2000 | |
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Constellation | Hercules |
Right ascension | 16h 24m 09.325s[1] |
Declination | +48° 21′ 10.46″[1] |
Characteristics | |
Spectral type | M3.0V / M D ~ |
Astrometry | |
Proper motion (μ) | RA: 1146.26±1.21[1] mas/yr Dec.: −451.86±1.11[1] mas/yr |
Parallax (π) | 127.4785 ± 0.4818 mas[2] |
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° |
Periastron epoch (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 | |
Database references | |
SIMBAD | data |
Location of Gliese 623 in the constellation Hercules |
Gliese 623 is a dim double star 25.6 light years from Earth in the constellation Hercules. It was photographed by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope's Faint Object Camera in 1994. The binary system consists of two red dwarfs orbiting each other at a distance of 1.9 astronomical units.
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