Cordoba Durchmusterung -31°9113

light-years

Catalog numbers:
     Gliese (Gl) 433, Cordoba Durchmusterung (CD) -31°9113, Luyten Half-Second (LHS) 2429, Hipparcos Input Catalog (HIC) 56528, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO) 202602, UGPMF 270
Arity: singular
Right Ascension and Declination: 11h35m26.989s, -32°32'23.46" (epoch 2000.0)
Distance from Sol: 29.5 light-years (9.04 parsecs)
Standard error in distance: 1.6095%
Source for distance: Hipparcos
Celestial (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: -24.7, 2.66, -15.9
Galactic (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: 7.01, -25.2, 13.6
Proper motion: 0.831 arcsec/yr (185.1° from north)
Radial Velocity: 28 km/sec
Source for proper motion and radial velocity: Gliese
Galactic (U,V,W) velocity components in km/s: 18.8, -37.2, -17.8

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Spectral class: M2
Luminosity Class: V
Apparent visual magnitude: +9.81
Absolute visual magnitude: +10.03
Visual luminosity: 0.0085 x Sol
Color indices: B-V= +1.51, U-B= +1.17, R-I= +0.90
Comfort Zone (visual): 0.092 A.U.s

light-years
but not more than light-years away
Data for this star system were most recently updated on 4-April-2001.