Rob 256

light-years

Catalog numbers:
     Rob 256
Arity: singular
Right Ascension and Declination: 4h2m59s, +5°36'36" (epoch 1950.0)
Distance from Sol: 52 light-years (16 parsecs)
Standard error in distance: 11.2676%
Source for distance: Gliese
Celestial (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: 25, 45, 5.1
Galactic (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: -43, -4.1, -28
Proper motion: 0.152 arcsec/yr (146.0° from north)
Source for proper motion: Gliese

What do all these fields mean?


Spectral class: M5e
Luminosity Class: V
Apparent visual magnitude: +12.89
Absolute visual magnitude: +11.89
Visual luminosity: 0.002 x Sol
Comfort Zone (visual): 0.04 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.