Cape Photographic Durchmusterung -51°4413

light-years

Catalog numbers:
     Gliese (Gl) 438, Cape Photographic Durchmusterung (CPD) -51°4413, Luyten Half-Second (LHS) 2447
Arity: singular
Right Ascension and Declination: 11h40m49s, -51°33'17" (epoch 1950.0)
Distance from Sol: 27.4 light-years (8.40 parsecs)
Standard error in distance: 7.8947%
Source for distance: Gliese
Celestial (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: -17.0, 1.42, -21.5
Galactic (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: 10.3, -25.0, 4.59
Proper motion: 0.86 arcsec/yr (128.6° from north)
Radial Velocity: 0.5 km/sec
Source for proper motion and radial velocity: Gliese
Galactic (U,V,W) velocity components in km/s: 30.1, 9.41, -13.3

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Spectral class: K0
Luminosity Class: V-VI
Apparent visual magnitude: +10.36
Absolute visual magnitude: +10.74
Visual luminosity: 0.0044 x Sol
Color indices: B-V= +1.53, U-B= +1.19, R-I= +1.08
Comfort Zone (visual): 0.066 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.