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61 Cygni B
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Star 61 Cygni B

Orange star 61 Cygni B is located 11 light years away from the Sun. It is a single flare star of spectral class K7 V, that has 63 % of solar mass. For now, there are no known exoplanets in this star system.
Sun distance
11 light years

61 Cygni B

Orange star, flare star
Spectral class: K7 V

Location

Distance iconDistance from the primary: 84 AU

Basic characteristic

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Mass: 63 % M Sun | 660 M Jupiter
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Size: 60 % R Sun | 5.9 R Jupiter
temperature iconTemperature: 3911 K | 0.68 T Sun
time iconAge: 6.1 billions years | 1.33 Sun
luminosity iconLuminosity: 0.085 L Sun

Photometry

Magnitude iconApparent magnitude (V): 6
Magnitude iconAbsolute magnitude (V): 8.3
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K
2.1
H
1.6
J
1.2
Grp
0.8
I
0.8
G
0.6
V
0.5
Gbp
0.5
B
0.4
U
0.3
Absolute stellar magnitude in different parts of the electromagnetic spectrum from infrared (K band) to ultraviolet (U band).
More about 61 Cygni B
61 Cygni B is approximately 60 % of the size of Sun and temperature on its surface is around 3911 K (3638 °C), which is about 68 % of Sun's temperature.
       61 Cygni B can be found in northern celestial hemisphere, you cannot see it with naked eye, but you can observe this star with basic telescope. The star is easily observable from Northern America, Europe and Asia. 
Other designations of this star
HD 201092, HIP 104217, HR 8086, BD+38°4344, LHS 63, Gaia EDR3 1872046574983497216
External sources
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Imaging of the Vega Debris System using JWST/MIRI
Scientific study, Accepted: 31. 10. 2024
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Simbad database (* 61 Cyg B)
Astronomical database SIMBAD (the Set of Identifications, Measurements and Bibliography for Astronomical Data)
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Gaia database (Gaia EDR3 1872046574983497216)
Archive from the Gaia mission
News from this star system
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Astronomers have discovered a brown dwarf orbiting the red giant HD 18438

Astronomers led by Byeong-Cheol Lee have made a groundbreaking discovery, detecting a brown dwarf orbiting the red giant HD 18438. With a radius of 89 times that of the Sun, HD 18438 is now the largest known star to be orbited by an exoplanet or brown dwarf.

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Newly discovered exoplanet HD 207496 b is too close to its star and is loosing atmosphere

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Two giant exoplanets discovered orbiting nearby Sun-like star HIP 104045

Astronomers discovered two new exoplanets orbiting a star HIP 104045. The star is 175 light years away and its mass and size are similar to the Sun. Both exoplanets are gas giants, smaller than Jupiter.

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Astronomers used JWST and TESS telescopes to study nearby brown dwarf HD 19467 B

Brown dwarfs are objects between planets and stars. Astronomers divide them into 3 categories according to their temperature - L, T, Y. Their relatively low temperatures and brightness allow them to stay hidden for most part. Only the most powerful infrared telescopes are able to see them and that is where James Webb Space Telescope comes in.

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