Gliese & Jahreiss 1183

light-years

Catalog numbers:
     Gliese & Jahreiss (GJ) 1183
Arity: binary
Right Ascension and Declination: 14h25m23s, +0°9'12" (epoch 1950.0)
Distance from Sol: 52.8 light-years (16.2 parsecs)
Standard error in distance: 5.6489%
Source for distance: Gliese
Celestial (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: -42.5, -31.3, 0.14
Galactic (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: 30.1, -6.75, 42.8
Proper motion: 0.412 arcsec/yr (283.0° 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: +12.19
Combined visual luminosity: 0.0012 x Sol
Observed Separation: 259 A.U.s
As seen from A:
     B would appear as magnitude -6.52
As seen from B:
     A would appear as magnitude -6.60


Component A:
Catalog numbers:
     Giclas (G) 124-43
Spectral class: M
Luminosity Class: V-VI
Apparent visual magnitude: +13.95
Absolute visual magnitude: +12.90
Visual luminosity: 0.00060 x Sol
Color indices: B-V= +1.65, U-B= +1.32, R-I= +1.36
Comfort Zone (visual): 0.024 A.U.s


Component B:
Catalog numbers:
     Giclas (G) 124-44
Right Ascension and Declination: 14h25m24s, +0°9'6" (epoch 1950.0)
Celestial (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: -42.5, -31.3, 0.14
Galactic (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: 30.1, -6.75, 42.8
Spectral class: M
Luminosity Class: V-VI
Apparent visual magnitude: +14.03
Absolute visual magnitude: +12.98
Visual luminosity: 0.00056 x Sol
Color indices: B-V= +1.68, U-B= +1.24, R-I= +1.37
Comfort Zone (visual): 0.024 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.