Luyten Palomar 944-20

light-years

Catalog numbers:
     Luyten Palomar (LP) 944-20, Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS) J03393521-3525440
Arity: singular
Points of interest:
     ARICNS lists a distance to this star of 16.2 light-years, which would make it unbelievably dim.

Right Ascension and Declination: 3h39m35.22s, -35°25'44.1" (epoch 2000.0)
Distance from Sol: 23.5 light-years (7.20 parsecs)
Standard error in distance: 7%
Source for distance: SIMBAD
Celestial (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: 11.0, 15.7, -13.6
Galactic (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: -7.82, -11.8, -18.8
Proper motion: 0.439 arcsec/yr (47.6° from north)
Source for proper motion: ARI Data Base for Nearby Stars

What do all these fields mean?


Spectral class: M9
Luminosity Class: V
Apparent visual magnitude: +20.17
Absolute visual magnitude: +20.88
Visual luminosity: 0.00000039 x Sol
Comfort Zone (visual): 0.00062 A.U.s

light-years
but not more than light-years away
Data for this star system were most recently updated on 5-June-2006.