Bruce Proper Motion 46239

light-years

Catalog numbers:
     Gliese & Jahreiss (GJ) 1009, Bruce Proper Motion (BPM) 46239
Arity: singular
Right Ascension and Declination: 0h19m27s, -31°41'0" (epoch 1950.0)
Distance from Sol: 47 light-years (14 parsecs)
Standard error in distance: 15.8537%
Source for distance: Gliese
Celestial (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: 40, 3.4, -25
Galactic (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: 6.3, -0.3, -47
Proper motion: 0.13 arcsec/yr (163.0° from north)
Source for proper motion: Gliese

What do all these fields mean?


Spectral class: M2
Luminosity Class: V
Apparent visual magnitude: +11.16
Absolute visual magnitude: +10.35
Visual luminosity: 0.006 x Sol
Color indices: B-V= +1.48
Comfort Zone (visual): 0.08 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.