Luyten 1562-52

light-years

Catalog numbers:
     Giclas (G) 180-45, Luyten (L) 1562-52, Luyten Two-Tenth (LTT) 14853, Luyten Palomar (LP) 275-83, Herschel (H) 32
Arity: singular
Right Ascension and Declination: 16h14m5s, +35°56'30" (epoch 1950.0)
Distance from Sol: 80 light-years (24 parsecs)
Standard error in distance: 18%
Source for distance: Gliese
Celestial (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: -29, -58, 47
Galactic (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: 30, 47, 57
Proper motion: 0.252 arcsec/yr (307.0° from north)
Source for proper motion: Gliese

What do all these fields mean?


Spectral class: K5
Luminosity Class: V-VI
Apparent visual magnitude: +9.62
Absolute visual magnitude: +7.68
Visual luminosity: 0.07 x Sol
Color indices: B-V= +1.23, U-B= +1.36
Comfort Zone (visual): 0.3 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.