Observation data Epoch J2000 Equinox J2000 | |
---|---|
Constellation | Carina |
Right ascension | 10h 44m 21.320s [1] |
Declination | −61° 12′ 35.44″ [1] |
Apparent magnitude (V) | 13.92 [2] |
Characteristics | |
Spectral type | M5V [3] (M4 [1] ) |
B−V color index | 1.82 [2] |
V−R color index | 1.59 [1] |
R−I color index | 2.02 [1] |
J−H color index | 0.442 [1] |
J−K color index | 0.764 [1] |
Astrometry | |
Proper motion (μ) | RA: −334 [1] mas/yr Dec.: 1626 [1] mas/yr |
Parallax (π) | 206.9698 ± 0.0448 mas [4] |
Distance | 15.759 ± 0.003 ly (4.832 ± 0.001 pc) |
Absolute magnitude (MV) | 15.52 α |
Other designations | |
Database references | |
SIMBAD | data |
Location of LHS 288 in the constellation Carina |
LHS 288 (Luyten 143-23) is a red dwarf around 15.8 light years from the Sun, the closest in the constellation Carina (near Eta Carinae). It is far too faint to be seen with the unaided eye, with an apparent magnitude of 13.92.
Recent studies suggest it may harbour a planet with a mass as small as 2.4 MJ, but the possibility that it passed over an undetected faint star could not be eliminated. [5]
36 Ophiuchi is a triple star system 19.5 light-years from Earth. It is in the constellation Ophiuchus.
LHS 292 is a red dwarf in the constellation Sextans. It is far too faint to be seen with the unaided eye and requires a large amateur telescope to be seen visually. It lies relatively close to the Solar System at a distance of about 14.9 light years. It is a flare star, which means it can suddenly increase in brightness for short periods of time.
SCR 1845−6357 is a binary system, about 13 light-years away in the constellation Pavo. The primary is a faint red dwarf. It has a brown dwarf companion. The primary red dwarf was discovered in 2004 by Hambly et al., while the secondary brown dwarf was later discovered in 2006.
Gliese 673 is an orange dwarf star in the constellation Ophiuchus. It has a stellar classification of K7V. Main sequence stars with this spectra have a mass in the range of 60–70% of solar mass (M☉).
DENIS J1048−3956 is an exceptionally small, dim ultra-cool red dwarf star about 13.2 light years from Earth in the southern constellation of Antlia, among the closest stars to Earth. This star is very dim with an apparent magnitude of about 17, and will require a telescope with a camera to be seen. It was discovered in 2000 by Xavier Delfosse and Thierry Forveille, with the assistance of nine other astronomers.
Gliese 412 is a pair of stars that share a common proper motion through space and are thought to form a binary star system. The pair have an angular separation of 31.4″ at a position angle of 126.1°. They are located 15.8 light-years distant from the Sun in the constellation Ursa Major. Both components are relatively dim red dwarf stars.
HD 85390 is a star with an exoplanet companion in the southern constellation of Vela. It was given the proper name Natasha by Zambia during the 100th anniversary of the IAU. Natasha means "thank you" in many languages of Zambia. This star is too faint to be seen with the naked eye, having an apparent visual magnitude of 8.54. It is located at a distance of 109 light years from the Sun based on parallax, and is drifting further away with a radial velocity of 33 km/s.
LP 658-2 is a degenerate star in the constellation of Orion, the single known object in its system. It has an apparent visual magnitude of approximately 14.488.
Stein 2051 is a nearby binary star system, containing a red dwarf and a degenerate star, located in constellation Camelopardalis at about 18 ly from Earth.
V1054 Ophiuchi, together with the star Gliese 643, is a nearby quintuple star system. In the constellation Ophiuchus at a distance of 21.19 light-years. It consists of five stars, all of which are red dwarfs. The alternative designation of Wolf 630 forms the namesake of a moving group of stars that share a similar motion through space.
10 Canum Venaticorum is the Flamsteed designation for an ordinary star in the northern constellation of Canes Venatici. It has an apparent visual magnitude of 5.95, which, according to the Bortle scale, can be faintly seen with the naked eye from suburban locations. Based upon an annual parallax shift of 0.057 arcseconds, this system is 57.26 light-years from Sun. It is drifting further away with a radial velocity of +80 km/s.
Gliese 3323 is a nearby single star located in the equatorial constellation Eridanus, about 0.4° to the northwest of the naked eye star Psi Eridani. It is invisible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude 12.20. Parallax measurements give a distance estimate of 17.5 light years from the Sun. It is drifting further away with a radial velocity of +42.3 km/s. Roughly 104,000 years ago, the star is believed to have come to within 7.34 ± 0.16 light-years of the Solar System.
Gliese 784 is a single red dwarf star located in the southern constellation of Telescopium that may host an exoplanetary companion. The star was catalogued in 1900, when it was included in the Cordoba Durchmusterung (CD) by John M. Thome with the designation CD -45 13677. It is too faint to be viewed with the naked eye, having an apparent visual magnitude of 7.96. Gliese 784 is located at a distance of 20.1 light-years from the Sun as determined from parallax measurements, and is drifting closer with a radial velocity of −33.5 km/s. The system is predicted to come as close as 11.4 light-years in ~121,700 years time.
LHS 2090 is a red dwarf star of spectral type M6.5V, located in constellation Cancer at 20.8 light-years from Earth.
GJ 1128 is a red dwarf star of spectral type M4.0V, located in constellation Carina 21 light-years away from Earth. It is one of the closer stars to the Sun.
Gliese 829 is a double-lined spectroscopic binary system of two red dwarf stars in the constellation of Pegasus. They have a high proper motion of 1.08 arc seconds per year along a position angle of +69.58°. Based upon parallax measurements, the stars are at a distance of about 22 light years from the Sun. The system will make its closest approach to the Sun around 91,000 years from now when it achieves a perihelion distance of 17.65 ly (5.410 pc).
HD 126053 is the Henry Draper Catalogue designation for a star in the equatorial constellation of Virgo. It has an apparent magnitude of 6.25, which means it is faintly visible to the naked eye. According to the Bortle scale, it requires dark suburban or rural skies to view. Parallax measurements made by the Hipparcos spacecraft provide an estimated distance of 57 light years to this star. It is drifting closer with a heliocentric radial velocity of −19.2 km/s.
Gliese 514, also known as BD+11 2576 or HIP 65859, is a M-type main-sequence star, in the constellation Virgo 24.85 light-years away from the Sun. The proximity of Gliese 514 to the Sun was known exactly since 1988.