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BD+42 2315

Star BD+42 2315

Red giant BD+42 2315 is located 1982 light years away from the Sun. It is a single star, that has 138 % of solar mass. There is at least one exoplanet in this system.

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Sun distance
1982 light years

BD+42 2315

Red giant

Location +

Right ascension: 12h 30m 21.307s

Declination: 41° 16' 10.436'' (northern hemisphere)

Parallax: 1.645

Sun distance: 1,982.395 ly | 607.8 pc

Basic characteristic

Mass: 138 % M Sun

Size: 680 % R Sun

(estimate)

Temperature: 5000 K

(estimate)

Photometry

Absolute stellar magnitude in different parts of the electromagnetic spectrum from infrared (K band) to ultraviolet (U band).

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

BD+42 2315 system structure


	BD+42 2315
		BD+42 2315 b	0.55 AU	174.8 M⊕		123.1 days

More about BD+42 2315

       BD+42 2315 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
TYC 3020-01288-1, Gaia DR3 1534760078795225728

External sources

Planetary-mass companions to a retired B star BD+37 3172 and a retired F star BD+42 2315

Scientific study, Accepted: 15. 10. 2025

Gaia database (Gaia DR3 1534760078795225728)

Archive from the Gaia mission

Frequently Asked Questions

How far is the BD+42 2315 system from the Sun?

The BD+42 2315 system is 1982 light years or 607.8 parsecs from the Sun.

What galaxy is the BD+42 2315 star in?

The BD+42 2315 is in the Milky Way galaxy just like the Sun.

How many stars are in the BD+42 2315 system?

The BD+42 2315 is a single star, there are no other known stars in the system.

What type of star is the BD+42 2315?

The star BD+42 2315 is a Red giant star.

What temperature is the BD+42 2315?

The primary in the BD+42 2315 system has an effective temperature of K ( °C). Find out more about the temperature of stars in Stellar guide

Class of stars Red giant

White dwarfs are the hot, extremely dense stellar remnants left behind by stars that originally had masses between about 0.5 and 8 times the mass of the Sun during their main sequence lifetimes. After exhausting their nuclear fuel, these stars shed their outer layers and leave behind a compact core. Although white dwarfs contain between roughly 0.2 and 1.44 solar masses, this mass is packed into a volume comparable to that of an Earth-sized planet, making them some of the densest objects in the Universe.

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