Catalogue Astrographique +62°18836

light-years

Catalog numbers:
     Gliese (Gl) 308.1, Giclas (G) 234-35, Luyten Half-Second (LHS) 2018, Hipparcos Input Catalog (HIC) 41689, Vyssotsky McCormick (McC) 521, Catalogue Astrographique (AC) +62°18836
Arity: singular
Right Ascension and Declination: 8h25m39s, +61°54'12" (epoch 1950.0)
Distance from Sol: 62.3 light-years (19.1 parsecs)
Standard error in distance: 3.2%
Source for distance: Hipparcos
Celestial (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: -17.4, 23.6, 55.0
Galactic (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: -46.0, 21.7, 36.0
Proper motion: 0.864 arcsec/yr (145.7° from north)
Source for proper motion: Gliese

What do all these fields mean?


Spectral class: M0
Luminosity Class: V
Apparent visual magnitude: +10.33
Absolute visual magnitude: +8.92
Visual luminosity: 0.023 x Sol
Color indices: B-V= +1.37, U-B= +1.17, R-I= +0.65
Comfort Zone (visual): 0.15 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.