Star Gliese 318

White dwarf Gliese 318 is located 28 light years away from the Sun. It is a single star of spectral class DA5.5, that has 45 % of solar mass. For now, there are no known exoplanets in this star system.

Gliese 318

White dwarf

Spectral class: DA5.5

Location

Right ascension: 8h 41m 31.085s

Declination: -32° 56' 11.382'' (southern hemisphere)

Parallax: 117.396

Sun distance: 27.783 ly | 8.5 pc

Basic characteristic

Mass: 45 % M Sun

Temperature: 9093 K | 1.57 T Sun

Age: 0.55 billions years | 0.12 Sun

Luminosity: 0.0015 L Sun

Photometry

Apparent magnitude (V): 11.9

Absolute magnitude (V): 12.2

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 318 system structure

Gliese 318

More about Gliese 318

Temperature on its surface is around 9093 K (8820 °C), which is about 157 % of Sun's temperature.

       Gliese 318 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
CD−32° 5613, LHS 253, L 532-81, LTT 3218, WD 0839-327, CD-32 5613, LFT 600, GJ 318, LAWD 28, PLX 2080.1, Gaia EDR3 5639391810273308416

External sources

Simbad database (CD-32 5613)

Astronomical database SIMBAD (the Set of Identifications, Measurements and Bibliography for Astronomical Data)

Gaia database (Gaia EDR3 5639391810273308416)

Archive from the Gaia mission

Closest stars

Gliese 300	0.17 M☉	6.3 ly
UPM J0815-2344	-	7.2 ly
SCR J0740-4257	-	7.5 ly
2MASS 0729-3954	0.04 M☉	7.8 ly
Gliese 358	0 M☉	8.1 ly

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