Gliese 908

GJ 908
Observation data
Epoch J2000      Equinox J2000
Constellation Pisces
Right ascension 23h 49m 12.52790s[1]
Declination 02° 24′ 04.4072″[1]
Characteristics
Spectral type M2
Astrometry
Parallax (π)167.29 ± 1.23[1] mas
Distance19.5 ± 0.1 ly
(5.98 ± 0.04 pc)
Other designations
LAL 46650
BD +01 4774
BR Psc
Ci 18 3124
Ci 20 1454
SAO 128397
LTT 17014
LFT 1828
G 29-68
G 31-6
PPM 174453
NLTT 58069[2]
LHS 550[3]
IRAS 23466+0207
GJ 908[4]
PLX 5763[5]
GSC 00586-00610
HIP 117473[6]
TYC 586-610-1[7]
2MASS J23491255+0224037
LSPM J2349+0224
Database references
SIMBADdata

Gliese 908 (BR Piscium) is a red dwarf star, located in constellation Pisces at 19.5 light-years from Earth.[1]

Distance

Gliese 908 distance estimates

Source Parallax, mas Distance, pc Distance, ly Distance, Pm Ref.
Woolley et al. (1970) 174±7 5.75+0.24
−0.22		 18.7+0.8
−0.7		 177.3+7.4
−6.9		 [8]
Gliese & Jahreiß (1991) 177.9±5.6 5.62+0.18
−0.17		 18.3±0.6 173.5+5.6
−5.3		 [4]
van Altena et al. (1995) 176.1±4.1 5.68+0.14
−0.13		 18.5±0.4 175.2+4.2
−4		 [5]
Perryman et al. (1997) (Hipparcos) 167.51±1.49 5.97±0.05 19.47±0.17 184.2+1.7
−1.6		 [6]
Perryman et al. (1997) (Tycho) 130.50±22.40 7.7+1.6
−1.1		 25+5.2
−3.7		 236.5+49
−34.6		 [7]
van Leeuwen (2007) 167.29±1.23 5.98±0.04 19.5±0.14 184.5+1.4
−1.3		 [1]
RECONS TOP100 (2012) 168.02±1.18[nb 1] 5.95±0.04 19.41±0.14 183.6±1.3 [9]

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

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 van Leeuwen F. (2007). "HIP 117473". Validation of the new Hipparcos reduction.
  2. ↑ Luyten, Willem Jacob (1979). "NLTT 58069". NLTT Catalogue.
  3. ↑ Luyten, Willem Jacob (1979). "LHS 550". LHS Catalogue, 2nd Edition.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Gliese, W. and Jahreiß, H. (1991). "Gl 908". Preliminary Version of the Third Catalogue of Nearby Stars.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Van Altena W. F., Lee J. T., Hoffleit E. D. (1995). "GCTP 5763". The General Catalogue of Trigonometric Stellar Parallaxes (Fourth ed.).
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Perryman et al. (1997). "HIP 117473". The Hipparcos and Tycho Catalogues.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Perryman et al. (1997). "HIP 117473". The Hipparcos and Tycho Catalogues.
  8. ↑ Woolley R.; Epps E. A.; Penston M. J.; Pocock S. B. (1970). "Woolley 908". Catalogue of stars within 25 parsecs of the Sun.
  9. ↑ "RECONS TOP100". THE ONE HUNDRED NEAREST STAR SYSTEMS brought to you by RECONS (Research Consortium On Nearby Stars). 2012.

Notes

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