GT Pegasi

light-years
Proper names: GT Pegasi
Catalog numbers:
     Gliese (Gl) 875.1, Giclas (G) 128-8, Luyten Half-Second (LHS) 3861, Hipparcos Input Catalog (HIC) 112909, Catalogue Astrographique (AC) +31°70565, Luyten FT (LFT) 1741
Arity: singular
Right Ascension and Declination: 22h51m53.53s, +31°45'15.28" (epoch 2000.0)
Distance from Sol: 46.4 light-years (14.2 parsecs)
Standard error in distance: 3.7118%
Source for distance: Hipparcos
Celestial (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: 37.7, -11.6, 24.4
Galactic (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: -4.26, 42.0, -19.3
Proper motion: 0.513 arcsec/yr (95.6° from north)
Radial Velocity: -3.7 km/sec
Source for proper motion and radial velocity: Gliese
Galactic (U,V,W) velocity components in km/s: -27.3, -14.3, -16.1

What do all these fields mean?


Spectral class: M3.5e
Luminosity Class: V
Apparent visual magnitude: +11.66
Absolute visual magnitude: +10.89
Visual luminosity: 0.0038 x Sol
Variable type: BY Draconis (rotating variable)
Color indices: B-V= +1.55, U-B= +1.07, R-I= +1.11
Comfort Zone (visual): 0.062 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.