Luyten 1113-55

light-years

Catalog numbers:
     Gliese (Gl) 398, Luyten Half-Second (LHS) 2285, Luyten (L) 1113-55
Arity: singular
Right Ascension and Declination: 10h33m28s, +5°22'41" (epoch 1950.0)
Distance from Sol: 44.7 light-years (13.7 parsecs)
Standard error in distance: 5.5627%
Source for distance: Gliese
Celestial (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: -41.3, 16.4, 4.19
Galactic (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: -13.6, -24.6, 34.7
Proper motion: 0.642 arcsec/yr (278.1° from north)
Radial Velocity: 21 km/sec
Source for proper motion and radial velocity: Gliese
Galactic (U,V,W) velocity components in km/s: -43.6, -16.7, -1.83

What do all these fields mean?


Spectral class: M4e
Luminosity Class: V
Apparent visual magnitude: +12.60
Absolute visual magnitude: +11.92
Visual luminosity: 0.0015 x Sol
Color indices: B-V= +1.60, U-B= +1.12, R-I= +1.19
Comfort Zone (visual): 0.039 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.