Luyten 886-6

light-years

Catalog numbers:
     Gliese (Gl) 261, Luyten Half-Second (LHS) 1892, Luyten (L) 886-6
Arity: singular
Right Ascension and Declination: 6h59m27s, -6°22'6" (epoch 1950.0)
Distance from Sol: 41 light-years (13 parsecs)
Standard error in distance: 23.7452%
Source for distance: Gliese
Celestial (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: -11, 40, -4.6
Galactic (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: -32, -26, -0.4
Proper motion: 0.898 arcsec/yr (185.0° from north)
Source for proper motion: Gliese

What do all these fields mean?


Spectral class: DA
Luminosity Class: wd
Apparent visual magnitude: +15.27
Absolute visual magnitude: +14.76
Visual luminosity: 0.0001 x Sol
Color indices: B-V= +0.88
Comfort Zone (visual): 0.01 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.