Eggen/Greenstein white dwarf 406

light-years

Catalog numbers:
     Giclas (G) 267-18, Luyten Half-Second (LHS) 1008, Eggen/Greenstein white dwarf (EG) 406, Luyten Two-Tenth (LTT) 3
Arity: singular
Right Ascension and Declination: 0h0m6s, -34°29'41" (epoch 1950.0)
Distance from Sol: 43.4 light-years (13.3 parsecs)
Standard error in distance: 8.5158%
Source for distance: Gliese
Celestial (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: 35.7, 0.016, -24.6
Galactic (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: 9.46, -0.68, -42.3
Proper motion: 0.758 arcsec/yr (168.6° from north)
Source for proper motion: Gliese

What do all these fields mean?


Spectral class: DC9
Luminosity Class: wd
Apparent visual magnitude: +14.90
Absolute visual magnitude: +14.28
Visual luminosity: 0.00017 x Sol
Color indices: B-V= +0.46
Comfort Zone (visual): 0.013 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.