Giclas 179-43

light-years

Catalog numbers:
     Gliese & Jahreiss (GJ) 1194, Giclas (G) 179-43
Arity: binary
Right Ascension and Declination: 15h38m16s, +43°39'30" (epoch 1950.0)
Distance from Sol: 44.5 light-years (13.6 parsecs)
Standard error in distance: 6.146%
Source for distance: Gliese
Celestial (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: -18.7, -26.2, 30.7
Galactic (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: 9.29, 25.5, 35.3
Proper motion: 1.225 arcsec/yr (106.3° from north)
Radial Velocity: -108 km/sec
Source for proper motion and radial velocity: Gliese
Galactic (U,V,W) velocity components in km/s: 31.0, -22.2, -128

What do all these fields mean?

Data for A and B's orbit around one other:
Combined absolute visual magnitude: +11.52
Combined visual luminosity: 0.0021 x Sol
Observed Separation: 68.2 A.U.s
As seen from A:
     B would appear as magnitude -9.28
As seen from B:
     A would appear as magnitude -10.60


Component A:
Catalog numbers:
     Luyten Half-Second (LHS) 402
Spectral class: M
Apparent visual magnitude: +12.48
Absolute visual magnitude: +11.81
Visual luminosity: 0.0017 x Sol
Comfort Zone (visual): 0.041 A.U.s


Component B:
Catalog numbers:
     Luyten Half-Second (LHS) 403
Right Ascension and Declination: 15h38m17s, +43°39'24" (epoch 1950.0)
Celestial (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: -18.7, -26.2, 30.7
Galactic (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: 9.29, 25.5, 35.3
Spectral class: M
Apparent visual magnitude: +13.80
Absolute visual magnitude: +13.13
Visual luminosity: 0.00049 x Sol
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.