Giclas 99-49

light-years

Catalog numbers:
     Giclas (G) 99-49, Luyten Two-Tenth (LTT) 17897
Arity: singular
Right Ascension and Declination: 5h57m26s, +2°42'18" (epoch 1950.0)
Distance from Sol: 17.5 light-years (5.37 parsecs)
Standard error in distance: 3.2208%
Source for distance: Gliese
Celestial (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: 0.20, 17.5, 0.83
Galactic (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: -15.7, -7.16, -3.08
Proper motion: 0.241 arcsec/yr (108.0° from north)
Source for proper motion: Gliese

What do all these fields mean?


Spectral class: M3.5
Luminosity Class: V
Apparent visual magnitude: +11.33
Absolute visual magnitude: +12.68
Visual luminosity: 0.00074 x Sol
Color indices: B-V= +1.68, U-B= +1.10
Comfort Zone (visual): 0.027 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.