Wolf 47

light-years

Catalog numbers:
     Gliese (Gl) 51, Giclas (G) 243-55, Luyten Half-Second (LHS) 1183 , Wolf 47
Arity: possible companion star to Gliese 49
Right Ascension and Declination: 1h0m8s, +62°5'47" (epoch 1950.0)
Distance from Sol: 29.4 light-years (9.02 parsecs)
Standard error in distance: 7.1189%
Source for distance: Gliese
Celestial (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: 13.3, 3.57, 26.0
Galactic (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: -16.6, 24.3, -0.24
Proper motion: 0.727 arcsec/yr (82.5° from north)
Source for proper motion: Gliese

What do all these fields mean?


Spectral class: M5
Apparent visual magnitude: +13.66
Absolute visual magnitude: +13.88
Visual luminosity: 0.00024 x Sol
Color indices: B-V= +1.68
Comfort Zone (visual): 0.016 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.