Luyten 427-34

light-years

Catalog numbers:
     Luyten (L) 427-34, Luyten Two-Tenth (LTT) 8708, Bruce Proper Motion (BPM) 44196, Smethells (Sm) 89
Arity: binary
Right Ascension and Declination: 21h46m0s, -41°46'0" (epoch 1950.0)
Distance from Sol: 49 light-years (15 parsecs)
Standard error in distance: 18.5185%
Source for distance: Gliese
Celestial (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: 31, -20, -33
Galactic (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: 32, -0.2, -38
Proper motion: 0.342 arcsec/yr (121.0° from north)
Source for proper motion: Gliese

What do all these fields mean?


Component A:
Apparent visual magnitude: +12.20
Absolute visual magnitude: +11.30
Visual luminosity: 0.003 x Sol
Comfort Zone (visual): 0.05 A.U.s


Component B:
Apparent visual magnitude: +12.30
Absolute visual magnitude: +11.40
Visual luminosity: 0.002 x Sol
Comfort Zone (visual): 0.05 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.