Luyten 390-5

light-years

Catalog numbers:
     Gliese (Gl) 358, Cordoba Durchmusterung (CD) -40°5404, Luyten Half-Second (LHS) 2166, Hipparcos Input Catalog (HIC) 47425, Luyten (L) 390-5
Arity: singular
Right Ascension and Declination: 9h39m46.407s, -41°4'3.22" (epoch 2000.0)
Distance from Sol: 31.0 light-years (9.49 parsecs)
Standard error in distance: 1.5606%
Source for distance: Hipparcos
Celestial (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: -19.1, 13.4, -20.3
Galactic (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: -0.58, -30.6, 4.69
Proper motion: 0.663 arcsec/yr (305.0° from north)
Radial Velocity: 142 km/sec
Source for proper motion and radial velocity: Gliese
Galactic (U,V,W) velocity components in km/s: -32.3, -140, 18.3

What do all these fields mean?


Spectral class: M3
Luminosity Class: V-VI
Apparent visual magnitude: +10.72
Absolute visual magnitude: +10.84
Visual luminosity: 0.0040 x Sol
Color indices: B-V= +1.53, U-B= +1.17, R-I= +1.07
Comfort Zone (visual): 0.063 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.