Wolf 227

light-years

Catalog numbers:
     Luyten Half-Second (LHS) 1610 , Wolf 227, Luyten Two-Tenth (LTT) 11284
Arity: singular
Right Ascension and Declination: 3h49m49s, +16°52'42" (epoch 1950.0)
Distance from Sol: 31 light-years (9.6 parsecs)
Standard error in distance: 12.605%
Source for distance: Gliese
Celestial (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: 16, 25, 9.1
Galactic (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: -28, 3.3, -15
Proper motion: 0.766 arcsec/yr (147.5° from north)
Source for proper motion: Gliese

What do all these fields mean?


Spectral class: M4.5
Luminosity Class: V?
Apparent visual magnitude: +13.70
Absolute visual magnitude: +13.79
Visual luminosity: 0.0003 x Sol
Comfort Zone (visual): 0.02 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.