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Gliese 3379
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Star Gliese 3379

Red dwarf Gliese 3379 is located 17 light years away from the Sun. It is a single flare star of spectral class M3.5 V, that has 23 % of solar mass. For now, there are no known exoplanets in this star system.
Sun distance
17 light years

Gliese 3379

Red dwarf, flare star
Spectral class: M3.5 V

Location

Ascension iconRight ascension: 6h 0m 3.835s
Declination iconDeclination: 2° 42' 22.947'' (equatorial region)
Parallax iconParallax: 192.013
Distance iconSun distance: 16.986 ly | 5.2 pc

Basic characteristic

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Mass: 23.1 % M Sun | 242 M Jupiter
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Size: 25 % R Sun | 2.4 R Jupiter
temperature iconTemperature: 3284 K | 0.57 T Sun
luminosity iconLuminosity: 0.006329 L Sun

Photometry

Magnitude iconApparent magnitude (V): 11.3
Magnitude iconAbsolute magnitude (V): 12.7
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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 3379 system structure

Gliese 3379
More about Gliese 3379
Nearby star Gliese 3379 is a main sequence star that fuses hydrogen atoms into helium. It is approximately 20 % of the size of Sun and temperature on its surface is around 3284 K (3011 °C), which is about 57 % of Sun's temperature.
       Gliese 3379 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
G 099-049, G 99-49, G 106-17, LTT 17897, NLTT 15908, PLX 1383.02, TYC 134-605-1, GJ 3379, WDS J06001+0242A, PLX 1383.02, 2MASS J06000351+0242236, Gaia EDR3 3316364602541746048
External sources
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Simbad database (G 99-49)
Astronomical database SIMBAD (the Set of Identifications, Measurements and Bibliography for Astronomical Data)
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Gaia database (Gaia EDR3 3316364602541746048)
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.
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Gliese 205
0.56 M☉ 3.4 ly

WISE J0521+1025
- 3.6 ly

Ross 47
0.35 M☉ 3.9 ly

Ross 614
0.22 M☉ 4.4 ly

Gliese 223.2
0.45 M☉ 4.6 ly
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