Luyten 619-94

light-years

Catalog numbers:
     Gliese & Jahreiss (GJ) 1181, Henry Draper (HD) 121271, Cordoba Durchmusterung (CD) -28°10318, Hipparcos Input Catalog (HIC) 67960, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO) 182074, UGPMF 338, Luyten (L) 619-94, Luyten Two-Tenth (LTT) 5419
Arity: binary
Right Ascension and Declination: 13h55m2.637s, -29°5'25.84" (epoch 2000.0)
Distance from Sol: 54.8 light-years (16.8 parsecs)
Standard error in distance: 4.2591%
Source for distance: Hipparcos
Celestial (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: -41.9, -23.0, -26.6
Galactic (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: 35.8, -30.1, 28.5
Proper motion: 0.266 arcsec/yr (249.1° 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: K7 V
Combined absolute visual magnitude: +8.41
Combined visual luminosity: 0.038 x Sol
Observed Separation: 20.1 A.U.s
Year of separation observation: 1950
As seen from A:
     B would appear as magnitude -13.38
As seen from B:
     A would appear as magnitude -16.59


Component A:
Apparent visual magnitude: +9.59
Absolute visual magnitude: +8.47
Visual luminosity: 0.036 x Sol
Comfort Zone (visual): 0.19 A.U.s


Component B:
Apparent visual magnitude: +12.80
Absolute visual magnitude: +11.68
Visual luminosity: 0.0019 x Sol
Comfort Zone (visual): 0.043 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.