Wolf 219

light-years

Catalog numbers:
     Gliese (Gl) 151, Luyten Half-Second (LHS) 179 , Eggen/Greenstein white dwarf (EG) 24, Wolf 219
Arity: singular
Right Ascension and Declination: 3h41m41s, +18°17'41" (epoch 1950.0)
Distance from Sol: 57.9 light-years (17.8 parsecs)
Standard error in distance: 6.9421%
Source for distance: Gliese
Celestial (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: 31.2, 45.3, 18.2
Galactic (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: -50.4, 8.52, -27.2
Proper motion: 1.204 arcsec/yr (159.4° from north)
Source for proper motion: Gliese

What do all these fields mean?


Spectral class: DQ8
Luminosity Class: wd
Apparent visual magnitude: +15.19
Absolute visual magnitude: +13.94
Visual luminosity: 0.00023 x Sol
Color indices: B-V= +0.31
Comfort Zone (visual): 0.015 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.