Gliese & Jahreiss 1207

light-years

Catalog numbers:
     Gliese & Jahreiss (GJ) 1207, Luyten Half-Second (LHS) 3255
Arity: singular
Right Ascension and Declination: 16h54m26s, -4°16'0" (epoch 1950.0)
Distance from Sol: 31.2 light-years (9.58 parsecs)
Standard error in distance: 7.1174%
Source for distance: Gliese
Celestial (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: -8.79, -29.9, -2.32
Galactic (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: 27.8, 7.40, 12.2
Proper motion: 0.636 arcsec/yr (126.3° from north)
Source for proper motion: Gliese

What do all these fields mean?


Spectral class: M3.5
Luminosity Class: V
Apparent visual magnitude: +12.28
Absolute visual magnitude: +12.37
Visual luminosity: 0.00098 x Sol
Color indices: B-V= +1.60, U-B= +1.11, R-I= +1.24
Comfort Zone (visual): 0.031 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.