Eggen/Greenstein white dwarf 285

light-years

Catalog numbers:
     Gliese & Jahreiss (GJ) 2010, Giclas (G) 266-141, Eggen/Greenstein white dwarf (EG) 285
Arity: singular
Right Ascension and Declination: 0h34m56s, -21°10'5" (epoch 1950.0)
Distance from Sol: 53 light-years (16 parsecs)
Standard error in distance: 10.1449%
Source for distance: Gliese
Celestial (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: 48, 7.4, -19
Galactic (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: -0.6, 6.4, -52
Proper motion: 0.316 arcsec/yr (229.0° from north)
Source for proper motion: Gliese

What do all these fields mean?


Spectral class: DA7
Luminosity Class: wd
Apparent visual magnitude: +14.53
Absolute visual magnitude: +13.49
Visual luminosity: 0.0003 x Sol
Color indices: B-V= +0.45
Comfort Zone (visual): 0.02 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.