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Gliese 2106
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Star Gliese 2106

Red dwarf Gliese 2106 is located 38 light years away from the Sun. It is a single star of spectral class M2V: D, that has 50 % of solar mass. For now, there are no known exoplanets in this star system.
Sun distance
38 light years

Gliese 2106

Red dwarf, High proper motion star
Spectral class: M2V: D

Location

Ascension iconRight ascension: 14h 13m 13.564s
Declination iconDeclination: -56° 44' 28.544'' (southern hemisphere)
Parallax iconParallax: 85.724
Distance iconSun distance: 38.047 ly | 11.7 pc

Basic characteristic

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Mass: 50 % M Sun | 524 M Jupiter
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Size: 50 % R Sun | 4.8 R Jupiter (estimate)
temperature iconTemperature: 4376 K | 0.76 T Sun

Photometry

Magnitude iconApparent magnitude (V): 10.2
Magnitude iconAbsolute magnitude (V): 9.8
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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 2106 system structure

Gliese 2106
More about Gliese 2106
Nearby star Gliese 2106 is a main sequence star that fuses hydrogen atoms into helium. It is approximately 50 % of the size of Sun and temperature on its surface is around 4376 K (4103 °C), which is about 76 % of Sun's temperature.
       Gliese 2106 can be found in southern celestial hemisphere, you cannot see it with naked eye, but you can observe this star with basic telescope. 
Other designations of this star
LTT 5557, NLTT 36550, GJ 2106, CD-56 5362, HIC 69454, HIP 69454, 2MASS J14131288-5644314, TIC 407559875, TYC 8673-4534-1, WISEA J141313.30-564429.5, Gaia EDR3 5895265380327966464
External sources
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Simbad database (CD-56 5362)
Astronomical database SIMBAD (the Set of Identifications, Measurements and Bibliography for Astronomical Data)
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Gaia database (Gaia EDR3 5895265380327966464)
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

HD 125072
0.81 M☉ 1.9 ly

DENIS J145407.8-660447
- 7.5 ly

UCAC4 175-092532
- 9 ly

VVV J1411-5920
- 9.1 ly

L 106-15
- 9.9 ly
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