Luyten Palomar 711-43

light-years

Arity: binary
Right Ascension and Declination: 3h1m17s, -13°2'6" (epoch 1950.0)
Distance from Sol: 68 light-years (21 parsecs)
Standard error in distance: 11.1111%
Source for distance: Gliese
Celestial (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: 47, 47, -15
Galactic (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: -37, -9.7, -56
Proper motion: 0.262 arcsec/yr (112.0° from north)
Source for proper motion: Gliese

What do all these fields mean?

Data for A and B's orbit around one other:
Combined absolute visual magnitude: +11.09
Combined visual luminosity: 0.003 x Sol
Observed Separation: 2375 A.U.s
As seen from A:
     B would appear as magnitude -2.79
As seen from B:
     A would appear as magnitude -2.92


Component A:
Catalog numbers:
     Luyten Palomar (LP) 711-43
Spectral class: M
Luminosity Class: V-VI
Apparent visual magnitude: +13.37
Absolute visual magnitude: +11.78
Visual luminosity: 0.002 x Sol
Color indices: R-I= +1.17
Comfort Zone (visual): 0.04 A.U.s


Component B:
Catalog numbers:
     Luyten Palomar (LP) 711-44
Right Ascension and Declination: 3h1m24s, -13°2'53" (epoch 1950.0)
Celestial (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: 47, 47, -15
Galactic (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: -37, -9.7, -56
Spectral class: M
Luminosity Class: V-VI
Apparent visual magnitude: +13.50
Absolute visual magnitude: +11.91
Visual luminosity: 0.002 x Sol
Color indices: R-I= +1.18
Comfort Zone (visual): 0.04 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.