Ross 594

light-years

Catalog numbers:
     Gliese (Gl) 170, Luyten Half-Second (LHS) 1674, Ross 594
Arity: singular
Right Ascension and Declination: 4h26m59s, +39°44'53" (epoch 1950.0)
Distance from Sol: 34.0 light-years (10.4 parsecs)
Standard error in distance: 3.1313%
Source for distance: Gliese
Celestial (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: 10.3, 24.0, 21.7
Galactic (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: -32.2, 10.5, -3.48
Proper motion: 0.588 arcsec/yr (154.3° from north)
Source for proper motion: Gliese

What do all these fields mean?


Spectral class: M4.5
Luminosity Class: V
Apparent visual magnitude: +13.91
Absolute visual magnitude: +13.82
Visual luminosity: 0.00026 x Sol
Color indices: B-V= +1.73, U-B= +1.33, R-I= +1.41
Comfort Zone (visual): 0.016 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.