Bonner Durchmusterung +45°2014

light-years

Catalog numbers:
     Gliese (Gl) 459.2, Henry Draper (HD) 106783, Bonner Durchmusterung (BD) +45°2014, Hipparcos Input Catalog (HIC) 59870, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO) 44102, AGK3 Reference (AGK3R) 10998
Arity: singular
Right Ascension and Declination: 12h16m43.257s, +44°24'6.98" (epoch 2000.0)
Distance from Sol: 74 light-years (23 parsecs)
Standard error in distance: 32.3%
Source for distance: Gliese
Celestial (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: -53, -3.9, 52
Galactic (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: -18, 14, 70
Proper motion: 0.032 arcsec/yr (187.6° from north)
Radial Velocity: -53 km/sec
Source for proper motion and radial velocity: Gliese
Galactic (U,V,W) velocity components in km/s: 14, -13, -49

What do all these fields mean?


Spectral class: K4
Luminosity Class: V
Apparent visual magnitude: +9.16
Absolute visual magnitude: +7.37
Visual luminosity: 0.10 x Sol
Color indices: B-V= +1.50, U-B= +1.76
Comfort Zone (visual): 0.3 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.