Star Gliese 299

Binary star Gliese 299 is located 22 light years away from the Sun. It consists of a red dwarf and a brown dwarf. For now, there are no known exoplanets in this star system.

Gliese 299 A

Red dwarf, High proper motion star

Spectral class: M4.5Ve

Location

Right ascension: 8h 11m 58.733s

Declination: 8° 45' 1.445'' (equatorial region)

Parallax: 147.722

Sun distance: 22.079 ly | 6.8 pc

Basic characteristic

Mass: 15.5 % M Sun

Size: 17.9 % R Sun | 1.8 R Jupiter

Temperature: 3200 K | 0.55 T Sun

Photometry

Apparent magnitude (V): 12.8

Absolute magnitude (V): 13.7

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 299 B

Brown dwarf, , High proper motion star

Basic characteristic

Mass: 2.86 % M Sun | 30 M Jupiter

Gliese 299 system structure

	Gliese 299 A
	Gliese 299 B

More about Gliese 299

       Gliese 299 can be found in northern celestial hemisphere, however it is too dim to be seen with the naked eye or even a small telescope.

Other designations of this star
Ross 619, LHS 35, G 52-2, G 50-22, LTT 12146, Gaia EDR3 3098328182579892096

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YZ Canis Minoris	0.31 M☉	4 ly
Gliese 3522	0.2 M☉	4.5 ly
LHS 2090	0.09 M☉	6.6 ly
Gliese 3454	0.15 M☉	7.1 ly
2MASS 0835-0819	0.06 M☉	7.3 ly

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