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Zeta Reticuli (æ Ret / æ Reticuli) is a binary star system located about 39 light years away from Earth. It is located in the constellation Reticulum, and is visible to the unaided eye under very dark skies. Because of the southerly location of the system, it is not visible north of the tropics.
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#1: It is often alleged that Zeta Reticuli is home to an alien civilization that has been visiting Earth and abducting humans for various reasons, those more commonly referred to as the Greys. This belief stems from the claimed Betty and Barney Hill abduction in 1961. Years later, under hypnosis, Betty Hill drew a star map purported to show the relative positions of the aliens' home star and the Sun. UFO researcher Marjorie Fish soon claimed that the map indicated Zeta Reticuli as the aliens' home, although skeptics have pointed out that the map is too vague to accurately pinpoint any particular star at all.
more facts:
Proper names: Zeta(1) Reticuli, Zeta Reticuli
Catalog numbers:
Gliese (Gl) 136, Henry Draper (HD) 20766, Cape Photographic Durchmusterung (CPD) -63°217 , Luyten Half-Second (LHS) 171 , Hipparcos Input Catalog (HIC) 15330, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO) 248770, Hoffleit Bright Star (HR) 1006
Heavy element abundance: 71% of Sol
Standard error in heavy element abundance: 21%
Source for heavy element abundance: Strobel [Fe/H] Determinations
Arity: singular
Points of interest:
This star and Zeta(2) Reticuli may actually form a binary system. If so, the two stars are at least 5500 A.U. apart in space, which would give them a very very long orbital period.
Right Ascension and Declination: 3h17m46.12s, -62°34'30.1" (epoch 2000.0)
Distance from Sol: 39.53 light-years (12.12 parsecs)
Standard error in distance: 0.6502%
Source for distance: Hipparcos
Celestial (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: 11.84, 13.83, -35.09
Galactic (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: 4.097, -26.52, -29.02
Proper motion: 1.495 arcsec/yr (63.2° from north)
Radial Velocity: 12.2 km/sec
Source for proper motion and radial velocity: Gliese
Galactic (U,V,W) velocity components in km/s: -71.24, -46.81, 16.08
What do all these fields mean?
Spectral class: G2
Luminosity Class: V
Apparent visual magnitude: +5.53
Absolute visual magnitude: +5.11
Visual luminosity: 0.786 x Sol
Color indices: B-V= +0.64
Mass: 0.9 x Sol
Diameter: 0.912 x Sol
Source for diameter: Apparent Diameters and Absolute Radii of Stars (Fracassini+ 1988)
Comfort Zone (visual): 0.887 A.U.s
Orbital period in CZ: 321.369 days
Tidal index in CZ: 1.29173
Angular size of star in sky in CZ: 0.548307 degrees
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< Message edited by Evil_God -- 9/30/2006 17:52:31 >
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