Riepe's Double

light-years
Proper names: Riepe's Double
Catalog numbers:
     Gliese & Jahreiss (GJ) 1083, Giclas (G) 100-28
Arity: binary
Right Ascension and Declination: 5h37m21s, +24°46'53" (epoch 1950.0)
Distance from Sol: 33.7 light-years (10.3 parsecs)
Standard error in distance: 2.5202%
Source for distance: Gliese
Celestial (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: 3.02, 30.5, 14.1
Galactic (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: -33.6, -1.71, -1.86
Proper motion: 0.364 arcsec/yr (163.0° from north)
Source for proper motion: Gliese

What do all these fields mean?

Data for A and B's orbit around one other:
Combined spectrum: M V-VI
Combined apparent visual magnitude: +14.85
Combined absolute visual magnitude: +14.78
Combined visual luminosity: 0.00011 x Sol
Observed Separation: 6.20 A.U.s


Component A:


Component B:

light-years
but not more than light-years away
Data for this star system were most recently updated on 4-April-2001.