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Barnard's Star

(GJ 699)
(nearby red dwarf)

Barnard's Star (GJ 699) is a low-mass red dwarf about 6 light-years away. It is the 4th closest known star after the three stars of Alpha Centauri. Characteristics:

An extra-solar planet candidate (GJ 699b) was announced in 2018 but a refutation has since been announced.


(star,red dwarf,nearby star,variable star)
Further reading:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barnard's_Star
https://simbad.cds.unistra.fr/simbad/sim-id?Ident=BD%2B043561a
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1916AJ.....29..181B/abstract
RedshiftParsecs
/Distance
Lightyears
/Lookback Years
  
~01.83pc5.96lyBarnard's Star
Coordinates:Barnard's Star
J175748.49847+044136.1139

Referenced by pages:
Automated Planet Finder (APF)
Luhman 16
M dwarf
M-type star (M)
red dwarf
spectral type
variable star
Wolf 359

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