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Gliese 518
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Star Gliese 518

White dwarf Gliese 518 is located 27 light years away from the Sun. It is a single star of spectral class DC9, that has 55 % of solar mass. For now, there are no known exoplanets in this star system.
Sun distance
27 light years

Gliese 518

Spectral class: DC9

Location

Ascension iconRight ascension: 13h 36m 27.864s
Declination iconDeclination: 3° 40' 28.125'' (equatorial region)
Parallax iconParallax: 119.757
Distance iconSun distance: 27.235 ly | 8.4 pc

Basic characteristic

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Mass: 55 % M Sun | 576 M Jupiter
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Size: 1.3 % R Sun | 0.1 R Jupiter
temperature iconTemperature: 4940 K | 0.85 T Sun
time iconAge: 5.19 billions years | 1.13 Sun

Photometry

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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 518 system structure

Gliese 518
More about Gliese 518
Nearby star Gliese 518 is is is much smaller than the Sun and temperature on its surface is around 4940 K (4667 °C), which is about 85 % of Sun's temperature.
       Gliese 518 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
Wolf 489, WD 1334+039, LHS 46, G 062-053, LFT 1023, LTT 13961, NLTT 34618, G 62-53, G 64-4, EGGR 100, 2MASS J13363181+0340458, USNO-B1.0 0936-00229354, Gaia EDR3 3713594960831605760
External sources
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Simbad database (Wolf 489)
Astronomical database SIMBAD (the Set of Identifications, Measurements and Bibliography for Astronomical Data)
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Gaia database (Gaia EDR3 3713594960831605760)
Archive from the Gaia mission
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