Cordoba Durchmusterung -51°6859

light-years

Catalog numbers:
     Gliese (Gl) 479, Cordoba Durchmusterung (CD) -51°6859, Luyten Half-Second (LHS) 336, Hipparcos Input Catalog (HIC) 61629, Cape Photographic Durchmusterung (CPD) -51°5356
Arity: singular
Right Ascension and Declination: 12h37m52.28s, -52°0'5.41" (epoch 2000.0)
Distance from Sol: 31.5 light-years (9.66 parsecs)
Standard error in distance: 1.9879%
Source for distance: Hipparcos
Celestial (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: -19.1, -3.19, -24.8
Galactic (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: 16.1, -26.5, 5.77
Proper motion: 1.035 arcsec/yr (271.4° from north)
Radial Velocity: 3 km/sec
Source for proper motion and radial velocity: Gliese
Galactic (U,V,W) velocity components in km/s: -38.9, -27.3, -0.36

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Spectral class: M3
Luminosity Class: V-VI
Apparent visual magnitude: +10.65
Absolute visual magnitude: +10.73
Visual luminosity: 0.0045 x Sol
Color indices: B-V= +1.54, U-B= +1.14, R-I= +1.06
Comfort Zone (visual): 0.067 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.