Catalogue Astrographique +68°3124

light-years

Catalog numbers:
     Gliese (Gl) 275.1, Giclas (G) 250-49, Vyssotsky McCormick (McC) 245, Catalogue Astrographique (AC) +68°3124
Arity: singular
Right Ascension and Declination: 7h26m52s, +68°43'42" (epoch 1950.0)
Distance from Sol: 59 light-years (18 parsecs)
Standard error in distance: 14.0625%
Source for distance: Gliese
Celestial (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: -8.0, 20, 55
Galactic (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: -44, 28, 29
Proper motion: 0.22 arcsec/yr (238.0° from north)
Radial Velocity: 4 km/sec
Source for proper motion and radial velocity: Gliese
Galactic (U,V,W) velocity components in km/s: -15, -1.8, -12

What do all these fields mean?


Spectral class: M0
Luminosity Class: V
Apparent visual magnitude: +10.89
Absolute visual magnitude: +9.59
Visual luminosity: 0.01 x Sol
Color indices: B-V= +1.43, R-I= +0.83
Comfort Zone (visual): 0.1 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.