Luyten 227-140

light-years

Catalog numbers:
     Luyten (L) 227-140, Bruce Proper Motion (BPM) 17113
Arity: singular
Right Ascension and Declination: 3h11m18s, -54°18'0" (epoch 1950.0)
Distance from Sol: 36 light-years (11 parsecs)
Standard error in distance: 11.6505%
Source for distance: Gliese
Celestial (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: 14, 16, -29
Galactic (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: -0.4, -22, -28
Proper motion: 0.081 arcsec/yr (163.0° from north)
Source for proper motion: Gliese

What do all these fields mean?


Spectral class: DZ7
Luminosity Class: wd
Apparent visual magnitude: +14.75
Absolute visual magnitude: +14.55
Visual luminosity: 0.0001 x Sol
Color indices: B-V= +0.52
Comfort Zone (visual): 0.01 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.