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Gliese 205
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Star Gliese 205

Red dwarf Gliese 205 is located 19 light years away from the Sun. It is a single star of spectral class M1.5 V, that has 56 % of solar mass. There are multiple known exoplanets in this system.
Sun distance
19 light years
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Gliese 205

Red dwarf, High proper motion star
Spectral class: M1.5 V

Location

Ascension iconRight ascension: 5h 31m 28.214s
Declination iconDeclination: -3° 41' 11.499'' (equatorial region)
Parallax iconParallax: 175.313
Distance iconSun distance: 18.604 ly | 5.7 pc

Basic characteristic

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Mass: 55.6 % M Sun | 582 M Jupiter
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Size: 59 % R Sun | 5.9 R Jupiter
temperature iconTemperature: 3891 K | 0.67 T Sun
time iconAge: 2.6 billions years | 0.57 Sun
luminosity iconLuminosity: 0.062 L Sun

Photometry

Magnitude iconApparent magnitude (V): 8
Magnitude iconAbsolute magnitude (V): 9.2
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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 205 system structure

Gliese 205
 Gliese 205 b 0.11 AU 10.3 M⊕ 16.9 days
Gliese 205 c 0.69 AU 13.8 M⊕ 270.8 days
More about Gliese 205
Nearby star Gliese 205 is a main sequence star that fuses hydrogen atoms into helium. It is approximately 60 % of the size of Sun and temperature on its surface is around 3891 K (3618 °C), which is about 67 % of Sun's temperature.
       Gliese 205 can be found in southern celestial hemisphere, you cannot see it with naked eye, but you can observe this star with basic telescope. The star is also observable from Northern America, Europe and Asia.
Other designations of this star
Wolf 1453, BD-03° 1123, GJ 205, HD 36395, HIP 25878, LHS 30, SAO 132211, W. B. V. 592, Weisse I, 5h 592, Strb. 1611, Cin. 705, Ci 20=334, G 99-15, LFT 416, LTT 2293, NLTT 15215 PLX 1255, TYC 4770-574-1, 2MASS J05312734-0340356, Gaia EDR3 3209938366665770752
External sources
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Simbad database (HD 36395)
Astronomical database SIMBAD (the Set of Identifications, Measurements and Bibliography for Astronomical Data)
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Gaia database (Gaia EDR3 3209938366665770752)
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.
Closest stars

 Gliese 3323
 0.16 M☉ 2.7 ly

Gliese 223.2
 0.45 M☉ 3.2 ly

Gliese 3379
 0.23 M☉ 3.4 ly

WISE J0521+1025
 - 4.9 ly

Ross 47
 0.35 M☉ 5.4 ly
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