Catalogue Astrographique +22°214-129

light-years

Catalog numbers:
     Gliese & Jahreiss (GJ) 2079, Hipparcos Input Catalog (HIC) 50156, Vyssotsky McCormick (McC) 124, Catalogue Astrographique (AC) +22°214-129
Arity: singular
Right Ascension and Declination: 10h14m19.23s, +21°4'28.4" (epoch 2000.0)
Distance from Sol: 66.6 light-years (20.4 parsecs)
Standard error in distance: 3.375%
Source for distance: Hipparcos
Celestial (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: -55.7, 27.7, 24.0
Galactic (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: -32.0, -22.1, 54.1
Proper motion: 0.23 arcsec/yr (204.0° from north)
Radial Velocity: 10.1 km/sec
Source for proper motion and radial velocity: Gliese
Galactic (U,V,W) velocity components in km/s: -5.42, -23.8, -0.49

What do all these fields mean?


Spectral class: M0e
Luminosity Class: V
Apparent visual magnitude: +10.03
Absolute visual magnitude: +8.48
Visual luminosity: 0.035 x Sol
Color indices: B-V= +1.36, U-B= +1.15, R-I= +0.76
Comfort Zone (visual): 0.19 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.