Wolf 433

light-years

Catalog numbers:
     Gliese (Gl) 480, Luyten Half-Second (LHS) 338, Hipparcos Input Catalog (HIC) 61706, Wolf 433
Arity: singular
Right Ascension and Declination: 12h38m52.471s, +11°41'46.31" (epoch 2000.0)
Distance from Sol: 50.1 light-years (15.4 parsecs)
Standard error in distance: 4.0708%
Source for distance: Hipparcos
Celestial (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: -48.4, -8.29, 10.2
Galactic (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: 5.57, -12.5, 48.2
Proper motion: 1.163 arcsec/yr (258.5° from north)
Radial Velocity: -4.4 km/sec
Source for proper motion and radial velocity: Gliese
Galactic (U,V,W) velocity components in km/s: -62.3, -56.4, -12.1

What do all these fields mean?


Spectral class: M4
Luminosity Class: V
Apparent visual magnitude: +11.49
Absolute visual magnitude: +10.56
Visual luminosity: 0.0052 x Sol
Color indices: B-V= +1.48, U-B= +1.19, R-I= +1.08
Comfort Zone (visual): 0.072 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.