Luyten 1813-21

light-years

Catalog numbers:
     Giclas (G) 192-13, Luyten Half-Second (LHS) 1805, Luyten (L) 1813-21, Luyten Two-Tenth (LTT) 11755, Luyten Palomar (LP) 86-137
Arity: singular
Right Ascension and Declination: 5h56m43s, +59°36'30" (epoch 1950.0)
Distance from Sol: 24.7 light-years (7.56 parsecs)
Standard error in distance: 2.1466%
Source for distance: Gliese
Celestial (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: 0.18, 12.5, 21.3
Galactic (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: -21.2, 10.3, 7.29
Proper motion: 0.831 arcsec/yr (190.1° from north)
Source for proper motion: Gliese

What do all these fields mean?


Spectral class: M3.5
Luminosity Class: V
Apparent visual magnitude: +11.71
Absolute visual magnitude: +12.32
Visual luminosity: 0.0010 x Sol
Color indices: B-V= +1.60, R-I= +1.21
Comfort Zone (visual): 0.032 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.