Ross 695

light-years

Catalog numbers:
     Gliese (Gl) 465, Luyten Half-Second (LHS) 45, Hipparcos Input Catalog (HIC) 60559, Ross 695
Arity: singular
Right Ascension and Declination: 12h24m52.5s, -18°14'32.05" (epoch 2000.0)
Distance from Sol: 29.0 light-years (8.89 parsecs)
Standard error in distance: 2.182%
Source for distance: Hipparcos
Celestial (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: -27.4, -2.98, -9.07
Galactic (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: 8.83, -18.9, 20.1
Proper motion: 2.532 arcsec/yr (154.7° from north)
Radial Velocity: 58 km/sec
Source for proper motion and radial velocity: Gliese
Galactic (U,V,W) velocity components in km/s: 96.3, -69.8, -24.3

What do all these fields mean?


Spectral class: M4
Luminosity Class: V
Apparent visual magnitude: +11.28
Absolute visual magnitude: +11.53
Visual luminosity: 0.0021 x Sol
Color indices: B-V= +1.60, U-B= +1.13, R-I= +0.98
Comfort Zone (visual): 0.046 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.