Eggen/Greenstein white dwarf 169

light-years

Catalog numbers:
     Eggen/Greenstein white dwarf (EG) 169, Luyten Palomar (LP) 475-70, Luyten Blue star (LB) 1320
Arity: singular
Right Ascension and Declination: 4h23m7s, +12°5'12" (epoch 1950.0)
Distance from Sol: 40 light-years (12 parsecs)
Standard error in distance: 11.9565%
Source for distance: Gliese
Celestial (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: 16, 36, 8.4
Galactic (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: -36, -1.9, -17
Proper motion: 0.261 arcsec/yr (210.0° from north)
Source for proper motion: Gliese

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Spectral class: DC8
Luminosity Class: wd
Apparent visual magnitude: +15.50
Absolute visual magnitude: +15.04
Visual luminosity: 0.00008 x Sol
Comfort Zone (visual): 0.009 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.