Luyten Double Star 3512

light-years

Catalog numbers:
     Luyten Double Star (LDS) 3512
Arity: binary
Right Ascension and Declination: 3h34m41s, +17°41'42" (epoch 1950.0)
Distance from Sol: 76 light-years (23 parsecs)
Standard error in distance: 12.2449%
Source for distance: Gliese
Celestial (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: 43, 58, 23
Galactic (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: -65, 12, -38
Proper motion: 0.18 arcsec/yr (98.0° 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: +10.40
Combined visual luminosity: 0.006 x Sol
Observed Separation: 442 A.U.s
As seen from A:
     B would appear as magnitude -6.89
As seen from B:
     A would appear as magnitude -7.44


Component A:
Catalog numbers:
     Luyten Palomar (LP) 413-18
Spectral class: M
Luminosity Class: V-VI
Apparent visual magnitude: +12.74
Absolute visual magnitude: +10.91
Visual luminosity: 0.004 x Sol
Color indices: R-I= +1.00
Comfort Zone (visual): 0.06 A.U.s


Component B:
Catalog numbers:
     Luyten Palomar (LP) 413-19
Right Ascension and Declination: 3h34m42s, +17°41'30" (epoch 1950.0)
Distance from Sol: 76 light-years (23 parsecs)
Standard error in distance: 12.2449%
Source for distance: Gliese
Celestial (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: 43, 58, 23
Galactic (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: -65, 12, -38
Spectral class: M
Luminosity Class: V-VI
Apparent visual magnitude: +13.29
Absolute visual magnitude: +11.46
Visual luminosity: 0.002 x Sol
Color indices: R-I= +1.19
Comfort Zone (visual): 0.05 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.