Wolf 1084

light-years

Catalog numbers:
     Gliese (Gl) 802, Giclas (G) 231-13, Luyten Half-Second (LHS) 498, Wolf 1084
Arity: singular
Right Ascension and Declination: 20h41m53s, +55°8'48" (epoch 1950.0)
Distance from Sol: 51.5 light-years (15.8 parsecs)
Standard error in distance: 7.8603%
Source for distance: Gliese
Celestial (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: 19.1, -22.4, 42.3
Galactic (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: -2.18, 51.0, 7.10
Proper motion: 1.915 arcsec/yr (27.6° from north)
Radial Velocity: -23 km/sec
Source for proper motion and radial velocity: Gliese
Galactic (U,V,W) velocity components in km/s: -140, -32.3, 22.1

What do all these fields mean?


Spectral class: M5e
Luminosity Class: V
Apparent visual magnitude: +14.68
Absolute visual magnitude: +13.69
Visual luminosity: 0.00029 x Sol
Color indices: B-V= +1.79, R-I= +1.53
Comfort Zone (visual): 0.017 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.