Gliese & Jahreiss 1286

light-years

Catalog numbers:
     Gliese & Jahreiss (GJ) 1286, Giclas (G) 157-77, Luyten Half-Second (LHS) 546
Arity: singular
Right Ascension and Declination: 23h32m34s, -2°39'17" (epoch 1950.0)
Distance from Sol: 23.5 light-years (7.22 parsecs)
Standard error in distance: 2.4631%
Source for distance: Gliese
Celestial (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: 23.3, -2.81, -1.09
Galactic (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: 1.41, 12.0, -20.2
Proper motion: 1.157 arcsec/yr (137.4° from north)
Source for proper motion: Gliese

What do all these fields mean?


Spectral class: M5.5
Luminosity Class: V
Apparent visual magnitude: +14.69
Absolute visual magnitude: +15.40
Visual luminosity: 0.000060 x Sol
Color indices: B-V= +1.96, R-I= +1.65
Comfort Zone (visual): 0.0078 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.