Gliese 630.1

light-years

Catalog numbers:
     Gliese (Gl) 630.1
Arity: binary
Right Ascension and Declination: 16h33m29s, +57°14'48" (epoch 1950.0)
Distance from Sol: 47.3 light-years (14.5 parsecs)
Standard error in distance: 4.0334%
Source for distance: Gliese
Celestial (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: -9.43, -23.8, 39.8
Galactic (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: 2.16, 35.7, 31.0
Proper motion: 1.62 arcsec/yr (316.0° from north)
Radial Velocity: -118.6 km/sec
Source for proper motion and radial velocity: Gliese
Galactic (U,V,W) velocity components in km/s: -103, -121, -34.1

What do all these fields mean?

Data for A and B's orbit around one other:
Combined absolute visual magnitude: +11.95
Combined visual luminosity: 0.0014 x Sol
Observed Separation: 420 A.U.s
As seen from A:
     B would appear as magnitude -4.26
As seen from B:
     A would appear as magnitude -6.36


Component A:
NOTE: This star is actually a close-orbiting binary pair. The data below are for both sub-components of the pair combined.
Catalog numbers:
     Giclas (G) 225-67, Luyten Half-Second (LHS) 421, Luyten Palomar (LP) 101-15
Spectral class: M4e
Luminosity Class: V
Apparent visual magnitude: +12.90
Absolute visual magnitude: +12.09
Visual luminosity: 0.0013 x Sol
Color indices: B-V= +1.60, U-B= +1.05, R-I= +1.32
Comfort Zone (visual): 0.036 A.U.s


Component B:
Catalog numbers:
     Giclas (G) 225-68, Luyten Half-Second (LHS) 422, Eggen/Greenstein white dwarf (EG) 258, Luyten Palomar (LP) 101-16
Right Ascension and Declination: 16h33m31s, +57°15'12" (epoch 1950.0)
Celestial (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: -9.42, -23.8, 39.8
Galactic (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: 2.15, 35.7, 30.9
Spectral class: DQ8
Luminosity Class: wd
Apparent visual magnitude: +15.00
Absolute visual magnitude: +14.19
Visual luminosity: 0.00018 x Sol
Color indices: B-V= +0.49, U-B= -0.36
Comfort Zone (visual): 0.014 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.