Giclas 115-68

light-years

Catalog numbers:
     Gliese & Jahreiss (GJ) 1122
Arity: binary
Right Ascension and Declination: 9h16m12s, +38°44'0" (epoch 1950.0)
Distance from Sol: 65.8 light-years (20.2 parsecs)
Standard error in distance: 5.1625%
Source for distance: Gliese
Celestial (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: -38.7, 33.6, 41.1
Galactic (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: -46.6, -3.60, 46.2
Proper motion: 0.25 arcsec/yr (272.0° 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: +12.32
Combined visual luminosity: 0.0010 x Sol
Observed Separation: 181 A.U.s
As seen from A:
     B would appear as magnitude -7.13
As seen from B:
     A would appear as magnitude -7.28


Component A:
Catalog numbers:
     Giclas (G) 115-68
Spectral class: M
Apparent visual magnitude: +14.52
Absolute visual magnitude: +13.00
Visual luminosity: 0.00055 x Sol
Color indices: B-V= +1.68, R-I= +1.34
Comfort Zone (visual): 0.023 A.U.s


Component B:
Catalog numbers:
     Giclas (G) 115-69
Right Ascension and Declination: 9h16m12s, +38°44'6" (epoch 1950.0)
Celestial (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: -38.7, 33.6, 41.1
Galactic (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: -46.6, -3.60, 46.2
Spectral class: M
Apparent visual magnitude: +14.67
Absolute visual magnitude: +13.15
Visual luminosity: 0.00048 x Sol
Color indices: B-V= +1.68, R-I= +1.35
Comfort Zone (visual): 0.022 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.