Star Gliese 54

Binary star Gliese 54 is located 27 light years away from the Sun. It consists of 2 red dwarf stars. For now, there are no known exoplanets in this star system.

Gliese 54 B

Red dwarf

Basic characteristic

Mass: 30 % M Sun

Gliese 54 A

Red dwarf

Spectral class: M2.5V

Location

Right ascension: 1h 10m 22.885s

Declination: -67° 26' 41.949'' (southern hemisphere)

Parallax: 121.45

Sun distance: 26.855 ly | 8.2 pc

Basic characteristic

Mass: 43 % M Sun

Size: 51 % R Sun

Temperature: 3481 K | 0.6 T Sun

Photometry

Apparent magnitude (V): 9.8

Absolute magnitude (V): 10.3

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 54 system structure

	Gliese 54 B
	Gliese 54 A

More about Gliese 54

Nearby star Gliese 54 is a main sequence star that fuses hydrogen atoms into helium.

       Gliese 54 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
GKI 3, CD-68 47, CPD-68 41, GALEX 6384743253449642140, LFT 117, LTT 660, LPM 62, LHS 1208, HIC 5496, HIP 5496, 2MASS J01102281-6726425, Gaia DR2 4704272495284592512, NLTT 3945, TIC 52121469, TYC 8855-238-1, NSV 427

External sources

Simbad database (CD-68 47)

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

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Beta Hydri	1.1 M☉	5.2 ly
p Eridani	0.88 M☉	5.5 ly

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