Wolf 489

light-years

Catalog numbers:
     Gliese (Gl) 518, Luyten Half-Second (LHS) 46, Eggen/Greenstein white dwarf (EG) 100, Wolf 489
Arity: singular
Right Ascension and Declination: 13h34m13s, +3°57'0" (epoch 1950.0)
Distance from Sol: 26.7 light-years (8.18 parsecs)
Standard error in distance: 3.0928%
Source for distance: Gliese
Celestial (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: -24.4, -10.6, 1.84
Galactic (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: 10.0, -5.86, 24.0
Proper motion: 3.87 arcsec/yr (253.6° from north)
Source for proper motion: Gliese

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Spectral class: DZ9
Luminosity Class: wd
Apparent visual magnitude: +14.65
Absolute visual magnitude: +15.09
Visual luminosity: 0.000080 x Sol
Color indices: B-V= +0.95, U-B= +0.37, R-I= +0.33
Comfort Zone (visual): 0.0090 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.