Luyten 97-12

light-years

Catalog numbers:
     Gliese (Gl) 293, Luyten Half-Second (LHS) 34, Eggen/Greenstein white dwarf (EG) 56, Luyten (L) 97-12
Arity: singular
Right Ascension and Declination: 7h52m52s, -67°38'23" (epoch 1950.0)
Distance from Sol: 22.5 light-years (6.91 parsecs)
Standard error in distance: 8.7642%
Source for distance: Gliese
Celestial (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: -4.05, 7.56, -20.8
Galactic (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: 3.76, -20.9, -7.50
Proper motion: 2.041 arcsec/yr (135.6° from north)
Source for proper motion: Gliese

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Spectral class: DQ9
Luminosity Class: wd
Apparent visual magnitude: +14.08
Absolute visual magnitude: +14.88
Visual luminosity: 0.000097 x Sol
Color indices: B-V= +0.66, U-B= -0.17, R-I= +0.15
Comfort Zone (visual): 0.0098 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.