Luyten 768-119

light-years

Catalog numbers:
     Gliese (Gl) 595, Luyten Half-Second (LHS) 54, Hipparcos Input Catalog (HIC) 76901, Luyten (L) 768-119
Arity: singular
Right Ascension and Declination: 15h42m6.544s, -19°28'17.93" (epoch 2000.0)
Distance from Sol: 29.4 light-years (9.01 parsecs)
Standard error in distance: 9.6091%
Source for distance: Gliese
Celestial (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: -15.7, -22.8, -9.79
Galactic (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: 25.7, -4.73, 13.4
Proper motion: 2.254 arcsec/yr (243.2° from north)
Radial Velocity: 83 km/sec
Source for proper motion and radial velocity: Gliese
Galactic (U,V,W) velocity components in km/s: 43.8, -102, 62.0

What do all these fields mean?


Spectral class: M3.5
Luminosity Class: V-VI
Apparent visual magnitude: +11.83
Absolute visual magnitude: +12.05
Visual luminosity: 0.0013 x Sol
Color indices: B-V= +1.60, U-B= +1.05, R-I= +1.14
Comfort Zone (visual): 0.036 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.