Giclas 160-28

light-years

Catalog numbers:
     Gliese & Jahreiss (GJ) 1065, Giclas (G) 160-28, Luyten Half-Second (LHS) 183
Arity: singular
Right Ascension and Declination: 3h48m18s, -6°13'35" (epoch 1950.0)
Distance from Sol: 31.1 light-years (9.53 parsecs)
Standard error in distance: 3.407%
Source for distance: Gliese
Celestial (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: 16.8, 25.9, -3.37
Galactic (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: -22.1, -5.92, -21.0
Proper motion: 1.428 arcsec/yr (196.8° from north)
Source for proper motion: Gliese

What do all these fields mean?


Spectral class: M4
Luminosity Class: V
Apparent visual magnitude: +12.79
Absolute visual magnitude: +12.89
Visual luminosity: 0.00061 x Sol
Color indices: B-V= +1.70
Comfort Zone (visual): 0.025 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.