Eggen/Greenstein white dwarf 182

light-years

Catalog numbers:
     Gliese & Jahreiss (GJ) 1117, Eggen/Greenstein white dwarf (EG) 182
Arity: singular
Right Ascension and Declination: 8h56m11s, +33°8'48" (epoch 1950.0)
Distance from Sol: 66.3 light-years (20.3 parsecs)
Standard error in distance: 6.4639%
Source for distance: Gliese
Celestial (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: -38.6, 39.9, 36.2
Galactic (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: -49.8, -10.00, 42.6
Proper motion: 0.314 arcsec/yr (271.0° from north)
Source for proper motion: Gliese

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Spectral class: DQ6
Luminosity Class: wd
Apparent visual magnitude: +15.18
Absolute visual magnitude: +13.64
Visual luminosity: 0.00030 x Sol
Color indices: B-V= +0.01, U-B= -0.92
Comfort Zone (visual): 0.017 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.