Wolf 1539

light-years

Catalog numbers:
     Gliese (Gl) 179, Wolf 1539
Arity: singular
Right Ascension and Declination: 4h49m24s, +6°23'48" (epoch 1950.0)
Distance from Sol: 43 light-years (13 parsecs)
Standard error in distance: 10.5018%
Source for distance: Gliese
Celestial (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: 13, 40, 4.7
Galactic (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: -38, -8.3, -17
Proper motion: 0.34 arcsec/yr (152.0° from north)
Radial Velocity: -7.8 km/sec
Source for proper motion and radial velocity: Gliese
Galactic (U,V,W) velocity components in km/s: 12, -19, 1.2

What do all these fields mean?


Spectral class: M4e
Luminosity Class: V
Apparent visual magnitude: +11.98
Absolute visual magnitude: +11.40
Visual luminosity: 0.002 x Sol
Color indices: B-V= +1.56, U-B= +1.22
Comfort Zone (visual): 0.05 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.