Gliese 251

GJ 251
Astrometry
Parallax (π)179.01 ± 1.60[1] mas
Distance18.2 ± 0.2 ly
(5.59 ± 0.05 pc)
Other designations
AC +33 25644
HD 265866
Wolf 294
Ci 20 400
LTT 11941
LFT 497
G 87-12
G 103-68
NLTT 17147[2]
LHS 1879[3]
GJ 251[4]
PLX 1609[5]
HIP 33226[6]
TYC 2441-572-1[7]
2MASS J06544902+3316058
Database references
SIMBADdata

Gliese 251 is a nearby red dwarf star of spectral type M4.0, located in constellation Gemini at 18.22 light-years from Earth.[1]

History of observations

The discovery name if this star is Wolf 294.[8] This indicates that it is known at least from 1919, when proper motion stellar catalogue by Max Wolf was published.[9][10]

Distance

Gliese 251 distance estimates

Source Parallax, mas Distance, pc Distance, ly Distance, Pm Ref.
Woolley et al. (1970) 168±5 5.95+0.18
−0.17		 19.4±0.6 183.7+5.6
−5.3		 [11]
Gliese & Jahreiß (1991) 173.6±2.2 5.76±0.07 18.79±0.24 177.7+2.3
−2.2		 [4]
van Altena et al. (1995) 173.3±2.2 5.77±0.07 18.82±0.24 178.1+2.3
−2.2		 [5]
Perryman et al. (1997) (Hipparcos) 181.32±1.87 5.52±0.06 17.99+0.19
−0.18		 170.2+1.8
−1.7		 [6]
Perryman et al. (1997) (Tycho) (absents) [7]
van Leeuwen (2007) 179.01±1.60 5.59±0.05 18.22±0.16 172.4+1.6
−1.5		 [1]
RECONS TOP100 (2012) 178.11±1.43[nb 1] 5.61+0.05
−0.04		 18.31±0.15 173.2±1.4 [12]

Non-trigonometric distance estimates are marked in italic. The most precise estimate is marked in bold.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 van Leeuwen F. (2007). "HIP 33226". Validation of the new Hipparcos reduction. Retrieved 2014-11-23.
  2. ↑ Luyten, Willem Jacob (1979). "NLTT 17147". NLTT Catalogue.
  3. ↑ Luyten, Willem Jacob (1979). "LHS 1879". LHS Catalogue, 2nd Edition.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Gliese, W. and Jahreiß, H. (1991). "Gl 251". Preliminary Version of the Third Catalogue of Nearby Stars. Retrieved 2014-11-23.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Van Altena W. F., Lee J. T., Hoffleit E. D. (1995). "GCTP 1609". The General Catalogue of Trigonometric Stellar Parallaxes (Fourth ed.). Retrieved 2014-11-23.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Perryman et al. (1997). "HIP 33226". The Hipparcos and Tycho Catalogues. Retrieved 2014-11-23.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Perryman et al. (1997). "HIP 33226". The Hipparcos and Tycho Catalogues. Retrieved 2014-11-23.
  8. ↑ Kirkpatrick, J. D.; Gelino, C. R.; Cushing, M. C.; Mace, G. N.; Griffith, R. L.; Skrutskie, M. F.; Marsh, K. A.; Wright, E. L.; Eisenhardt, P. R.; McLean, I. S.; Mainzer, A. K.; Burgasser, A. J.; Tinney, C. G.; Parker, S.; Salter, G. (2012). "Further Defining Spectral Type "Y" and Exploring the Low-mass End of the Field Brown Dwarf Mass Function". The Astrophysical Journal 753 (2): 156. arXiv:1205.2122. Bibcode:2012ApJ...753..156K. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/753/2/156.
  9. ↑ Wolf, Max (1919). "Katalog von 1053 staerker bewegten Fixsternen". Veroeffentlichungen der Badischen Sternwarte zu Heidelberg (Koe nigstuhl). Bd. 7 (No. 10): 195–219. Bibcode:1919VeHei...7..195W.
  10. ↑ Dictionary of Nomenclature of Celestial Objects. Wolf entry. SIMBAD. Centre de Données astronomiques de Strasbourg.
  11. ↑ Woolley R.; Epps E. A.; Penston M. J.; Pocock S. B. (1970). "Woolley 251". Catalogue of stars within 25 parsecs of the Sun. Retrieved 2014-11-23.
  12. ↑ "RECONS TOP100". THE ONE HUNDRED NEAREST STAR SYSTEMS brought to you by RECONS (Research Consortium On Nearby Stars). 2012. Retrieved 2014-11-23.

Notes

  1. ↑ Weighted parallax based on parallaxes from van Altena et al. (1995) and van Leeuwen (2007).