Sanford 224

light-years

Catalog numbers:
     Gliese & Jahreiss (GJ) 1167A, Giclas (G) 164-47, Sanford (SAN) 224, Luyten Double Star (LDS) 1365A, Luyten Two-Tenth (LTT) 13799, Luyten Palomar (LP) 322-836
Arity: singular
Points of interest:
     Despite the "A" designation in the LDS and GJ catalog numbers, this is a singular star.  Component "B" does not exist.

Right Ascension and Declination: 13h7m13s, +29°15'12" (epoch 1950.0)
Distance from Sol: 52 light-years (16 parsecs)
Standard error in distance: 13.6986%
Source for distance: Gliese
Celestial (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: -43, -13, 25
Galactic (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: 2.1, 3.4, 52
Proper motion: 0.379 arcsec/yr (240.0° from north)
Source for proper motion: Gliese

What do all these fields mean?


Spectral class: M5
Luminosity Class: V
Apparent visual magnitude: +14.18
Absolute visual magnitude: +13.18
Visual luminosity: 0.0005 x Sol
Color indices: B-V= +1.72, R-I= +1.33
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.