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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 (GJ 699 b) has been announced as confirmed in 2024, discovered (along with two more candidates) through the radial velocity method. These do not match an earlier candidate that was announced in 2018.


(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://chview.nova.org/solcom/stars/barnards.htm
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1916AJ.....29..181B/abstract
https://arxiv.org/abs/2410.00569
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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