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Gliese 1227
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Star Gliese 1227

Red dwarf Gliese 1227 is located 27 light years away from the Sun. It is a single star of spectral class M4 V, that has typically about 25 % of solar mass. For now, there are no known exoplanets in this star system.
Sun distance
27 light years

Gliese 1227

Red dwarf, High proper motion star
Spectral class: M4 V

Location

Ascension iconRight ascension: 18h 22m 24.925s
Declination iconDeclination: 62° 2' 41.978'' (northern hemisphere)
Parallax iconParallax: 119.752
Distance iconSun distance: 27.236 ly | 8.4 pc

Basic characteristic

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Mass: 30 % M Sun | 261.9 M Jupiter (estimate)
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Size: 30 % R Sun | 2.7 R Jupiter (estimate)
temperature iconTemperature: 3219 K | 0.56 T Sun

Photometry

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10
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25
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35
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).

Gliese 1227 system structure

Gliese 1227
More about Gliese 1227
Nearby star Gliese 1227 is a main sequence star that fuses hydrogen atoms into helium. It is approximately 30 % of the size of Sun and temperature on its surface is around 3219 K (2946 °C), which is about 56 % of Sun's temperature.
       Gliese 1227 can be found in northern celestial hemisphere, however it is too dim to be seen with the naked eye or even a small telescope. 
Other designations of this star
LHS 465, G 227-29, LP 103-305, NLTT 46427, 2MASS J18222719+6203025, Gaia EDR3 2159844052779000064
External sources
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Simbad database (G 227-29)
Astronomical database SIMBAD (the Set of Identifications, Measurements and Bibliography for Astronomical Data)
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Gaia database (Gaia EDR3 2159844052779000064)
Archive from the Gaia mission
Class of stars Red dwarf
Red dwarfs are small reddish stars, that are by far the most common type of star in solar neighborhood. Their mass is usually between 10 and 50 % of solar mass.
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- 2.3 ly

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0.16 M☉ 3 ly

Chi Draconis
1 M☉ 5.1 ly

Gliese 793
0.39 M☉ 6.8 ly

Gliese 1221
0.81 M☉ 8 ly
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