Giclas 243-50

light-years

Catalog numbers:
     Gliese (Gl) 47, Giclas (G) 243-50, Luyten Half-Second (LHS) 1176 , Catalogue Astrographique (AC) +60°3496
Arity: singular
Right Ascension and Declination: 0h58m13s, +61°6'30" (epoch 1950.0)
Distance from Sol: 35.3 light-years (10.8 parsecs)
Standard error in distance: 3.043%
Source for distance: Gliese
Celestial (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: 16.5, 4.29, 30.9
Galactic (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: -19.8, 29.2, -0.91
Proper motion: 0.84 arcsec/yr (158.0° from north)
Radial Velocity: 8.7 km/sec
Source for proper motion and radial velocity: Gliese
Galactic (U,V,W) velocity components in km/s: -18.9, -3.49, -39.6

What do all these fields mean?


Spectral class: M2.5e
Luminosity Class: V
Apparent visual magnitude: +10.83
Absolute visual magnitude: +10.66
Visual luminosity: 0.0047 x Sol
Color indices: B-V= +1.57
Comfort Zone (visual): 0.069 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.