Catalogue Astrographique +76°5308

light-years

Catalog numbers:
     Gliese (Gl) 597, Giclas (G) 257-20, Luyten Half-Second (LHS) 404, Hipparcos Input Catalog (HIC) 76832, Catalogue Astrographique (AC) +76°5308
Arity: singular
Right Ascension and Declination: 15h41m16.58s, +75°59'34.2" (epoch 2000.0)
Distance from Sol: 42.6 light-years (13.1 parsecs)
Standard error in distance: 2.8792%
Source for distance: Hipparcos
Celestial (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: -5.87, -8.48, 41.3
Galactic (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: -12.2, 31.7, 25.7
Proper motion: 1.141 arcsec/yr (133.8° from north)
Radial Velocity: -46.1 km/sec
Source for proper motion and radial velocity: Gliese
Galactic (U,V,W) velocity components in km/s: 77.3, -5.12, -33.4

What do all these fields mean?


Spectral class: M3
Luminosity Class: V-VI
Apparent visual magnitude: +12.22
Absolute visual magnitude: +11.64
Visual luminosity: 0.0019 x Sol
Color indices: B-V= +1.65, U-B= +1.18, R-I= +1.10
Comfort Zone (visual): 0.044 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.