Catalogue Astrographique +9°2-34

light-years

Catalog numbers:
     Gliese (Gl) 16, Hipparcos Input Catalog (HIC) 1463, Vyssotsky McCormick (McC) 356, Catalogue Astrographique (AC) +9°2-34
Arity: singular
Right Ascension and Declination: 0h18m16.598s, +10°12'10.08" (epoch 2000.0)
Distance from Sol: 52.9 light-years (16.2 parsecs)
Standard error in distance: 3.444%
Source for distance: Hipparcos
Celestial (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: 51.9, 4.15, 9.37
Galactic (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: -11.6, 30.7, -41.5
Proper motion: 0.02 arcsec/yr (180.0° from north)
Source for proper motion: Gliese

What do all these fields mean?


Spectral class: M0
Luminosity Class: V
Apparent visual magnitude: +10.90
Absolute visual magnitude: +9.85
Visual luminosity: 0.010 x Sol
Color indices: B-V= +1.50, U-B= +1.20, R-I= +0.89
Comfort Zone (visual): 0.10 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.