Star Gliese 1276

White dwarf Gliese 1276 is located 28 light years away from the Sun. It is a single star of spectral class DZ13, that has 54 % of solar mass. For now, there are no known exoplanets in this star system.

Gliese 1276

White dwarf

Spectral class: DZ13

Location

Right ascension: 22h 53m 56.064s

Declination: -6° 47' 5.389'' (equatorial region)

Parallax: 117.139

Sun distance: 27.844 ly | 8.5 pc

Basic characteristic

Mass: 54 % M Sun

Temperature: 4000 K | 0.69 T Sun

Photometry

Apparent magnitude (V): 15.7

Absolute magnitude (V): 16

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 1276 system structure

Gliese 1276

More about Gliese 1276

Temperature on its surface is around 4000 K (3727 °C), which is about 69 % of Sun's temperature.

       Gliese 1276 can be found in southern celestial hemisphere, however it is too dim to be seen with the naked eye or even a small telescope.

Other designations of this star
LP 701-29, LHS 69, WD 2251-070, EGGR 453, 2MASS J22535314-0646536, NLTT 55164, GJ 1276, Gaia EDR3 2611561706216413696

External sources

Simbad database (EGGR 453)

Astronomical database SIMBAD (the Set of Identifications, Measurements and Bibliography for Astronomical Data)

Gaia database (Gaia EDR3 2611561706216413696)

Archive from the Gaia mission

Closest stars

Gliese 849	0.45 M☉	5.6 ly
Gliese 1286	0.12 M☉	6.7 ly
FK Aquarii	0.42 M☉	7.2 ly
Gliese 4274	0.17 M☉	7.3 ly
Gliese 884	0.63 M☉	7.6 ly

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