Luyten Palomar 771-095

light-years

Catalog numbers:
     Luyten Palomar (LP) 771-095, Research Consortium on Nearby Stars (RECONS) 4
Arity: trinary
Right Ascension and Declination: 3h1m51.1s, -16°35'31" (epoch 2000.0)
Distance from Sol: 22.4 light-years (6.86 parsecs)
Standard error in distance: 2.7%
Source for distance: Research Consortium on Nearby Stars
Celestial (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: 15.0, 15.3, -6.39
Galactic (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: -11.3, -4.23, -18.9
Proper motion: 0.464 arcsec/yr (234.5° from north)
Source for proper motion: Research Consortium on Nearby Stars

What do all these fields mean?

Data for A and C's orbit around one other:
Observed Separation: 13.7 A.U.s
Source for orbit data: Research Consortium on Nearby Stars
As seen from C:
     A would appear as magnitude -14.53

Data for (A-C) and B's orbit around one other:
Observed Separation: 48.0 A.U.s
Source for orbit data: Research Consortium on Nearby Stars


Component A:
Spectral class: M3
Apparent visual magnitude: +10.54
Absolute visual magnitude: +11.36
Visual luminosity: 0.0025 x Sol
Comfort Zone (visual): 0.050 A.U.s


Component B:
Catalog numbers:
     Luyten Palomar (LP) 771-096


Component C:

light-years
but not more than light-years away
Data for this star system were most recently updated on 19-March-2004.