Wolf 461

light-years

Catalog numbers:
     Gliese (Gl) 493.1, Luyten Half-Second (LHS) 2664, Wolf 461, Luyten Two-Tenth (LTT) 13750
Arity: singular
Right Ascension and Declination: 12h58m5s, +5°57'6" (epoch 1950.0)
Distance from Sol: 26.6 light-years (8.14 parsecs)
Standard error in distance: 3.6107%
Source for distance: Gliese
Celestial (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: -25.6, -6.62, 2.75
Galactic (X,Y,Z) coordinates in ly: 6.17, -7.57, 24.7
Proper motion: 0.973 arcsec/yr (284.4° from north)
Radial Velocity: -40 km/sec
Source for proper motion and radial velocity: Gliese
Galactic (U,V,W) velocity components in km/s: -44.2, -1.69, -32.5

What do all these fields mean?


NOTE: This star is actually a close-orbiting binary pair. The data below are for both sub-components of the pair combined.
Spectral class: M5e
Luminosity Class: V
Apparent visual magnitude: +13.40
Absolute visual magnitude: +13.85
Visual luminosity: 0.00025 x Sol
Color indices: B-V= +1.75, U-B= +1.10, R-I= +1.43
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.