Southern Infrared Proper motion Survey 1259-4336

light-years

Catalog numbers:
     Southern Infrared Proper motion Survey (SIPS) 1259-4336
Arity: singular
Right Ascension and Declination: 12h59m4.76s, -43°36'24.21" (epoch 2000.0)
Distance from Sol: 12 light-years (3.6 parsecs)
Standard error in distance: 15%
Source for distance: A&A
Celestial (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: -8.3, -2.2, -8.1
Galactic (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: 6.4, -9.1, 3.8
Proper motion: 1.13 arcsec/yr (346.7° from north)
Source for proper motion: A&A

What do all these fields mean?


Spectral class: M8
Luminosity Class: V
Apparent visual magnitude: +18.00
Absolute visual magnitude: +20.21
Visual luminosity: 0.0000007 x Sol
Mass: 0.1 x Sol
Comfort Zone (visual): 0.0008 A.U.s
Orbital period in CZ: 0.684299 hours
Tidal index in CZ: 1.64101e+008

light-years
but not more than light-years away
Data for this star system were most recently updated on 22-July-2005.