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Gliese 1286
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Star Gliese 1286

Red dwarf Gliese 1286 is located 23 light years away from the Sun. It is a single star of spectral class M5Ve, that has 12 % of solar mass. For now, there are no known exoplanets in this star system.
Sun distance
23 light years

Gliese 1286

Red dwarf, High proper motion star
Spectral class: M5Ve

Location

Ascension iconRight ascension: 23h 35m 11.298s
Declination iconDeclination: -2° 23' 34.078'' (equatorial region)
Parallax iconParallax: 139.339
Distance iconSun distance: 23.407 ly | 7.2 pc

Basic characteristic

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Mass: 12 % M Sun | 126 M Jupiter
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Size: 15 % R Sun | 1.5 R Jupiter
temperature iconTemperature: 3052 K | 0.53 T Sun

Photometry

Magnitude iconApparent magnitude (V): 14.7
Magnitude iconAbsolute magnitude (V): 15.4
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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).

Gliese 1286 system structure

Gliese 1286
More about Gliese 1286
Nearby star Gliese 1286 is a main sequence star that fuses hydrogen atoms into helium. It is approximately 20 % of the size of Sun and temperature on its surface is around 3052 K (2779 °C), which is about 53 % of Sun's temperature.
       Gliese 1286 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
LHS 546, G 157-77, GJ 1286, 2MASS J23351050-0223214, NLTT 57290, WISEA J233511.02-022329.7, Zkh 351, Gaia EDR3 2640434056928150400
External sources
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Simbad database (G 157-77)
Astronomical database SIMBAD (the Set of Identifications, Measurements and Bibliography for Astronomical Data)
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Gaia database (Gaia EDR3 2640434056928150400)
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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0.37 M☉ 4.7 ly

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- 6 ly

Gliese 1276
0.54 M☉ 6.7 ly

Gliese 1002
0.11 M☉ 8.2 ly

96 G. Piscium
0.76 M☉ 8.2 ly
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