Luyten 870-2

light-years

Catalog numbers:
     Gliese (Gl) 64, Giclas (G) 271-115, Luyten Half-Second (LHS) 1270 , Eggen/Greenstein white dwarf (EG) 11, Luyten (L) 870-2
Arity: singular
Right Ascension and Declination: 1h35m26s, -5°14'41" (epoch 1950.0)
Distance from Sol: 40.1 light-years (12.3 parsecs)
Standard error in distance: 4.0094%
Source for distance: Gliese
Celestial (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: 36.5, 16.1, -3.66
Galactic (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: -14.8, 7.98, -36.4
Proper motion: 0.675 arcsec/yr (121.0° from north)
Source for proper motion: Gliese

What do all these fields mean?


Spectral class: DA7
Luminosity Class: wd
Apparent visual magnitude: +12.84
Absolute visual magnitude: +12.39
Visual luminosity: 0.00096 x Sol
Color indices: B-V= +0.35
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.