Eggen/Greenstein white dwarf 473

light-years

Catalog numbers:
     Giclas (G) 174-14, Luyten Half-Second (LHS) 1446 , Eggen/Greenstein white dwarf (EG) 473
Arity: singular
Right Ascension and Declination: 2h45m3s, +54°11'5" (epoch 1950.0)
Distance from Sol: 33.6 light-years (10.3 parsecs)
Standard error in distance: 3.5785%
Source for distance: Gliese
Celestial (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: 14.8, 13.0, 27.3
Galactic (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: -25.5, 21.7, -2.73
Proper motion: 0.613 arcsec/yr (224.1° from north)
Source for proper motion: Gliese

What do all these fields mean?


Spectral class: DC9
Luminosity Class: wd
Apparent visual magnitude: +15.32
Absolute visual magnitude: +15.25
Visual luminosity: 0.000069 x Sol
Color indices: B-V= +0.93
Comfort Zone (visual): 0.0083 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.