Wolf 66

light-years

Catalog numbers:
     Luyten Half-Second (LHS) 6 , Wolf 66, Luyten Two-Tenth (LTT) 10514
Arity: singular
Right Ascension and Declination: 1h22m58s, +9°30'11" (epoch 1950.0)
Distance from Sol: 49 light-years (15 parsecs)
Standard error in distance: 19.2771%
Source for distance: Gliese
Celestial (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: 45, 17, 8.0
Galactic (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: -22, 20, -38
Proper motion: 0.478 arcsec/yr (151.6° from north)
Source for proper motion: Gliese

What do all these fields mean?


Spectral class: M3.5
Luminosity Class: V
Apparent visual magnitude: +13.13
Absolute visual magnitude: +12.26
Visual luminosity: 0.001 x Sol
Color indices: B-V= +1.68
Comfort Zone (visual): 0.03 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.