Catalogue Astrographique +67°1894

light-years

Catalog numbers:
     Gliese (Gl) 226.2, Vyssotsky McCormick (McC) 234, Catalogue Astrographique (AC) +67°1894
Arity: singular
Right Ascension and Declination: 6h2m37s, +67°59'6" (epoch 1950.0)
Distance from Sol: 82 light-years (25 parsecs)
Standard error in distance: 11.1111%
Source for distance: Gliese
Celestial (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: -0.3, 31, 76
Galactic (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: -63, 42, 29
Proper motion: 0.09 arcsec/yr (193.0° from north)
Radial Velocity: 1.6 km/sec
Source for proper motion and radial velocity: Gliese
Galactic (U,V,W) velocity components in km/s: -7.9, -5.3, -5.0

What do all these fields mean?


Spectral class: K8
Luminosity Class: V
Apparent visual magnitude: +9.75
Absolute visual magnitude: +7.76
Visual luminosity: 0.07 x Sol
Color indices: B-V= +1.25, U-B= +1.20, R-I= +0.50
Comfort Zone (visual): 0.3 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.