Giclas 221-5

light-years

Catalog numbers:
     Gliese & Jahreiss (GJ) 1053, Giclas (G) 221-5, Luyten Half-Second (LHS) 18
Arity: singular
Right Ascension and Declination: 3h5m16s, +73°35'47" (epoch 1950.0)
Distance from Sol: 39.3 light-years (12.1 parsecs)
Standard error in distance: 5.5809%
Source for distance: Gliese
Celestial (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: 7.67, 8.04, 37.7
Galactic (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: -25.8, 28.3, 9.20
Proper motion: 2.104 arcsec/yr (120.0° from north)
Source for proper motion: Gliese

What do all these fields mean?


Spectral class: M6
Luminosity Class: VI
Apparent visual magnitude: +14.64
Absolute visual magnitude: +14.23
Visual luminosity: 0.00018 x Sol
Color indices: B-V= +1.79
Comfort Zone (visual): 0.013 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.