Gliese & Jahreiss 2005

light-years

Catalog numbers:
     Gliese & Jahreiss (GJ) 2005, Luyten Half-Second (LHS) 1070
Arity: singular
Right Ascension and Declination: 0h22m12s, -27°26'0" (epoch 1950.0)
Distance from Sol: 24.6 light-years (7.53 parsecs)
Standard error in distance: 6.413%
Source for distance: Gliese
Celestial (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: 21.7, 2.11, -11.3
Galactic (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: 2.17, 1.32, -24.4
Proper motion: 0.614 arcsec/yr (354.9° from north)
Radial Velocity: -220 km/sec
Source for proper motion and radial velocity: Gliese
Galactic (U,V,W) velocity components in km/s: -28.7, 8.10, 219

What do all these fields mean?


Spectral class: M5.5
Luminosity Class: V
Apparent visual magnitude: +15.42
Absolute visual magnitude: +16.04
Visual luminosity: 0.000034 x Sol
Comfort Zone (visual): 0.0058 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.