Catalogue Astrographique +56°13511

light-years

Catalog numbers:
     Gliese (Gl) 63, Giclas (G) 219-15, Luyten Half-Second (LHS) 6 , Catalogue Astrographique (AC) +56°13511
Arity: singular
Right Ascension and Declination: 1h35m7s, +56°58'53" (epoch 1950.0)
Distance from Sol: 36.1 light-years (11.1 parsecs)
Standard error in distance: 8.0448%
Source for distance: Gliese
Celestial (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: 18.0, 7.94, 30.3
Galactic (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: -22.8, 27.8, -3.18
Proper motion: 0.397 arcsec/yr (204.4° from north)
Radial Velocity: -17.5 km/sec
Source for proper motion and radial velocity: Gliese
Galactic (U,V,W) velocity components in km/s: 16.1, -11.6, -18.6

What do all these fields mean?


Spectral class: M3
Luminosity Class: V
Apparent visual magnitude: +11.19
Absolute visual magnitude: +10.97
Visual luminosity: 0.0036 x Sol
Color indices: B-V= +1.39
Comfort Zone (visual): 0.060 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.