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Star Gliese 2012

White dwarf Gliese 2012 is located 30 light years away from the Sun. It is a single star of spectral class DQ9, that has 52 % of solar mass. For now, there are no known exoplanets in this star system.
Sun distance
30 light years

Gliese 2012

Spectral class: DQ9

Location

Ascension iconRight ascension: 0h 41m 25.497s
Declination iconDeclination: -22° 21' 8.401'' (southern hemisphere)
Parallax iconParallax: 109.928
Distance iconSun distance: 29.67 ly | 9.1 pc

Basic characteristic

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Mass: 52 % M Sun | 545 M Jupiter
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Size: 0 % R Sun | 0.1 R Jupiter (estimate)
temperature iconTemperature: 5230 K | 0.91 T Sun
luminosity iconLuminosity: 0.000114 L Sun

Photometry

Magnitude iconApparent magnitude (V): 14.6
Magnitude iconAbsolute magnitude (V): 14.8
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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 2012 system structure

Gliese 2012
More about Gliese 2012
Nearby star Gliese 2012 is is is much smaller than the Sun and temperature on its surface is around 5230 K (4957 °C), which is about 91 % of Sun's temperature.
       Gliese 2012 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 1126, G 66-57, WD 0038-226, LFT 65, L 651-57, LP 825-669, LTT 375, NLTT 2258, Gaia EDR3 2349916559152267008
External sources
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Simbad database (EGGR 246)
Astronomical database SIMBAD (the Set of Identifications, Measurements and Bibliography for Astronomical Data)
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Gaia database (Gaia EDR3 2349916559152267008)
Archive from the Gaia mission
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