Wolf 1516

light-years

Catalog numbers:
     Gliese & Jahreiss (GJ) 1037, Luyten Half-Second (LHS) 1227 , Eggen/Greenstein white dwarf (EG) 9, Wolf 1516
Arity: singular
Right Ascension and Declination: 1h15m20s, +15°55'6" (epoch 1950.0)
Distance from Sol: 51.1 light-years (15.7 parsecs)
Standard error in distance: 5.3412%
Source for distance: Gliese
Celestial (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: 46.5, 15.9, 14.0
Galactic (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: -23.8, 26.2, -36.9
Proper motion: 0.653 arcsec/yr (181.7° from north)
Source for proper motion: Gliese

What do all these fields mean?


Spectral class: DQ6
Luminosity Class: wd
Apparent visual magnitude: +13.82
Absolute visual magnitude: +12.84
Visual luminosity: 0.00063 x Sol
Color indices: B-V= +0.12
Comfort Zone (visual): 0.025 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.