Luyten 54-5

light-years

Catalog numbers:
     Gliese & Jahreiss (GJ) 2028, Luyten Half-Second (LHS) 1474 , Luyten (L) 54-5, Luyten Two-Tenth (LTT) 1419, Luyten FT (LFT) 245
Arity: singular
Right Ascension and Declination: 2h55m54s, -70°34'0" (epoch 1950.0)
Distance from Sol: 76 light-years (23 parsecs)
Standard error in distance: 10.4167%
Source for distance: Gliese
Celestial (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: 18, 18, -72
Galactic (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: 18, -52, -52
Proper motion: 0.682 arcsec/yr (97.9° from north)
Radial Velocity: 107 km/sec
Source for proper motion and radial velocity: Gliese
Galactic (U,V,W) velocity components in km/s: -9.8, -126, -33

What do all these fields mean?


Spectral class: DA6
Luminosity Class: wd
Apparent visual magnitude: +14.08
Absolute visual magnitude: +12.25
Visual luminosity: 0.001 x Sol
Color indices: B-V= +0.23
Comfort Zone (visual): 0.03 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.