Eggen/Greenstein white dwarf 246

light-years

Catalog numbers:
     Gliese & Jahreiss (GJ) 2012, Giclas (G) 266-157, Luyten Half-Second (LHS) 1126, Eggen/Greenstein white dwarf (EG) 246
Arity: singular
Right Ascension and Declination: 0h38m58s, -22°37'12" (epoch 1950.0)
Distance from Sol: 32 light-years (9.9 parsecs)
Standard error in distance: 10.1604%
Source for distance: Gliese
Celestial (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: 29, 5.1, -12
Galactic (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: -0.4, 3.0, -32
Proper motion: 0.567 arcsec/yr (229.0° from north)
Source for proper motion: Gliese

What do all these fields mean?


Spectral class: DQ9
Luminosity Class: wd
Apparent visual magnitude: +14.53
Absolute visual magnitude: +14.55
Visual luminosity: 0.0001 x Sol
Color indices: B-V= +0.62
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.