Luyten 338-152

light-years

Catalog numbers:
     Gliese (Gl) 618.4, Luyten Half-Second (LHS) 3185, Hipparcos Input Catalog (HIC) 80229, Luyten (L) 338-152
Arity: singular
Right Ascension and Declination: 16h22m40.955s, -48°39'19.98" (epoch 2000.0)
Distance from Sol: 79.5 light-years (24.4 parsecs)
Standard error in distance: 8.255%
Source for distance: Hipparcos
Celestial (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: -21.6, -47.9, -59.7
Galactic (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: 72.1, -33.6, 0.32
Proper motion: 0.763 arcsec/yr (231.6° from north)
Source for proper motion: Gliese

What do all these fields mean?


Spectral class: M3
Luminosity Class: V
Apparent visual magnitude: +11.82
Absolute visual magnitude: +9.88
Visual luminosity: 0.0097 x Sol
Color indices: B-V= +1.48, R-I= +0.89
Comfort Zone (visual): 0.098 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.