Giclas 144-25

light-years

Catalog numbers:
     Gliese & Jahreiss (GJ) 1256, Giclas (G) 144-25, Luyten Half-Second (LHS) 495
Arity: singular
Right Ascension and Declination: 20h38m10s, +15°18'41" (epoch 1950.0)
Distance from Sol: 32.1 light-years (9.84 parsecs)
Standard error in distance: 2.2137%
Source for distance: Gliese
Celestial (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: 19.7, -23.9, 8.48
Galactic (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: 15.4, 26.8, -8.70
Proper motion: 1.487 arcsec/yr (63.3° from north)
Radial Velocity: -76 km/sec
Source for proper motion and radial velocity: Gliese
Galactic (U,V,W) velocity components in km/s: -93.9, -40.7, -11.1

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Spectral class: M4-5
Luminosity Class: V
Apparent visual magnitude: +13.43
Absolute visual magnitude: +13.46
Visual luminosity: 0.00036 x Sol
Color indices: B-V= +1.72, U-B= +1.29, R-I= +1.37
Comfort Zone (visual): 0.019 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.