Eggen/Greenstein white dwarf 248

light-years

Catalog numbers:
     Gliese & Jahreiss (GJ) 1086, Eggen/Greenstein white dwarf (EG) 248, Luyten Two-Tenth (LTT) 17876
Arity: singular
Right Ascension and Declination: 5h48m46s, +0°11'18" (epoch 1950.0)
Distance from Sol: 36.0 light-years (11.0 parsecs)
Standard error in distance: 3.0011%
Source for distance: Gliese
Celestial (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: 1.77, 36.0, 0.12
Galactic (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: -31.6, -15.3, -8.26
Proper motion: 0.213 arcsec/yr (22.0° from north)
Source for proper motion: Gliese

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Spectral class: DQP8
Luminosity Class: wd
Apparent visual magnitude: +14.55
Absolute visual magnitude: +14.33
Visual luminosity: 0.00016 x Sol
Color indices: B-V= +0.48, U-B= -0.45
Comfort Zone (visual): 0.013 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.