Zaurak
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Star Zaurak (γ Eri) |
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Observation dates equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Constellation | Eridanus | ||||||||||||||||
| Right ascension | 03 h 58 m 1.77 s | ||||||||||||||||
| declination | -13 ° 30 ′ 30.7 ″ | ||||||||||||||||
| Apparent brightness | 2.97 likes | ||||||||||||||||
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| B − V color index | +1.59 | ||||||||||||||||
| U − B color index | +1.96 | ||||||||||||||||
| R − I index | +1.00 | ||||||||||||||||
| Spectral class | M1 IIIb Ca-1 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Radial velocity | (61.1 ± 0.1) km / s | ||||||||||||||||
| parallax | (16.04 ± 0.58) mas | ||||||||||||||||
| distance | (203 ± 7) ly (62.3 ± 2.3) pc |
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| Visual absolute brightness M vis | −1.00 mag | ||||||||||||||||
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| Rec. Share: | (61.57 ± 0.78) mas / a | ||||||||||||||||
| Dec. portion: | (−113.11 ± 0.62) mas / a | ||||||||||||||||
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Zaurak (Arabic for "boat") is the name of the star γ (Gamma) Eridani . Zaurak has an apparent magnitude of +3.0 mag and belongs to the spectral class M0.5IIICa-ICr-.
Zaurak is about 203 light years from Earth ( Hipparcos database).
Others
The American warship Hugh Young was renamed after the star Zaurak in 1943 . The ship was decommissioned in 1946 and was awarded the Battle Star For Service during World War II .
The science fiction novel "In the Shine of the Sun Zaurak (1983)" by Michael Szameit is one of the better-known works of the genre in the former GDR .