Giclas 192-11

light-years

Catalog numbers:
     Hipparcos Input Catalog (HIC) 28368
Arity: binary
Right Ascension and Declination: 5h59m37.21s, +58°35'27.7" (epoch 2000.0)
Distance from Sol: 43 light-years (13 parsecs)
Standard error in distance: 10.5882%
Source for distance: Gliese
Celestial (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: 0.04, 22, 37
Galactic (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: -37, 17, 13
Proper motion: 0.253 arcsec/yr (184.0° 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: +9.60
Combined visual luminosity: 0.01 x Sol
Observed Separation: 2118 A.U.s
As seen from A:
     B would appear as magnitude -1.98
As seen from B:
     A would appear as magnitude -5.29


Component A:
Catalog numbers:
     Giclas (G) 192-11
Spectral class: M1
Luminosity Class: V
Apparent visual magnitude: +10.25
Absolute visual magnitude: +9.65
Visual luminosity: 0.01 x Sol
Color indices: B-V= +1.51, U-B= +1.25, R-I= +0.83
Comfort Zone (visual): 0.1 A.U.s


Component B:
Catalog numbers:
     Giclas (G) 192-12
Right Ascension and Declination: 5h55m32s, +58°34'17" (epoch 1950.0)
Celestial (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: 0.4, 22, 37
Galactic (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: -37, 17, 12
Spectral class: M
Luminosity Class: V
Apparent visual magnitude: +13.56
Absolute visual magnitude: +12.96
Visual luminosity: 0.0006 x Sol
Color indices: R-I= +1.31
Comfort Zone (visual): 0.02 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.