Gliese & Jahreiss 1006

light-years

Catalog numbers:
     Gliese & Jahreiss (GJ) 1006
Arity: binary
Right Ascension and Declination: 0h13m36s, +19°35'36" (epoch 1950.0)
Distance from Sol: 49.8 light-years (15.3 parsecs)
Standard error in distance: 2.3845%
Source for distance: Gliese
Celestial (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: 46.8, 2.78, 16.7
Galactic (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: -13.6, 34.3, -33.5
Proper motion: 1.037 arcsec/yr (137.5° from north)
Source for proper motion: Gliese

What do all these fields mean?


Component A:
Catalog numbers:
     Luyten Half-Second (LHS) 107, Luyten (L) 1226-9, Luyten Palomar (LP) 404-61
Spectral class: M4
Luminosity Class: V
Apparent visual magnitude: +12.27
Absolute visual magnitude: +11.35
Visual luminosity: 0.0025 x Sol
Color indices: B-V= +1.50, U-B= +1.00, R-I= +1.25
Comfort Zone (visual): 0.050 A.U.s


Component B:
Catalog numbers:
     Luyten Half-Second (LHS) 108, Luyten (L) 1226-8, Luyten Palomar (LP) 404-62
Right Ascension and Declination: 0h13m38s, +19°35'47" (epoch 1950.0)
Celestial (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: 46.8, 2.79, 16.7
Galactic (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: -13.7, 34.3, -33.5
Spectral class: M4.5
Luminosity Class: V
Apparent visual magnitude: +13.22
Absolute visual magnitude: +12.30
Visual luminosity: 0.0010 x Sol
Color indices: B-V= +1.60, U-B= +1.20, R-I= +1.26
Comfort Zone (visual): 0.032 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.