Catalogue Astrographique +30°27225

light-years

Catalog numbers:
     Gliese (Gl) 433.1, Catalogue Astrographique (AC) +30°27225, Hipparcos Input Catalog (HIC) 56662, Eggen/Greenstein white dwarf (EG) 184, Giclas white Dwarf (GD) 140, Luyten Blue star (LB) 10276, CBS 46
Arity: singular
Right Ascension and Declination: 11h37m5.117s, +29°47'58.42" (epoch 2000.0)
Distance from Sol: 50.0 light-years (15.3 parsecs)
Standard error in distance: 5.2402%
Source for distance: Hipparcos
Celestial (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: -43.1, 4.33, 24.8
Galactic (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: -12.9, -4.72, 48.0
Proper motion: 0.15 arcsec/yr (262.0° from north)
Source for proper motion: Gliese

What do all these fields mean?


Spectral class: DA3
Luminosity Class: wd
Apparent visual magnitude: +12.49
Absolute visual magnitude: +11.56
Visual luminosity: 0.0021 x Sol
Color indices: B-V= -0.06, U-B= -0.98
Comfort Zone (visual): 0.045 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.