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Gliese 618
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Star Gliese 618

Binary star Gliese 618 is located 28 light years away from the Sun. It consists of 2 red dwarf stars. For now, there are no known exoplanets in this star system.
Sun distance
28 light years
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Gliese 618 A

Red dwarf, High proper motion star
Spectral class: M3 V

Location

Ascension iconRight ascension: 16h 20m 2.502s
Declination iconDeclination: -37° 31' 28.598'' (southern hemisphere)
Parallax iconParallax: 117.472
Distance iconSun distance: 27.765 ly | 8.5 pc

Basic characteristic

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Mass: 40 % M Sun | 377.1 M Jupiter (estimate)
radius icon
Size: 40 % R Sun | 4.1 R Jupiter (estimate)
temperature iconTemperature: 3454 K | 0.6 T Sun
luminosity iconLuminosity: 0.0036 L Sun

Photometry

Magnitude iconApparent magnitude (V): 10.6
Magnitude iconAbsolute magnitude (V): 10.9
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10
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20
25
30
35
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 618 B

Red dwarf, , High proper motion star
Spectral class: M5

Basic characteristic

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Mass: 20 % M Sun | 209.5 M Jupiter (estimate)
radius icon
Size: 20 % R Sun | 2 R Jupiter (estimate)
luminosity iconLuminosity: 0.00014 L Sun

Photometry

5
10
15
20
25
30
35
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 618 system structure

Gliese 618 A
Gliese 618 B
More about Gliese 618
       Gliese 618 can be found in southern celestial hemisphere, you cannot see it with naked eye, but you can observe this star with basic telescope. The star is also observable from Northern America, Europe and Asia.
Other designations of this star
LHS 416, LFT 1267, L 482-31, LTT 6509, CD-37 10765, LHS 415, LDS 6312, L 482-30, LFT 1266, LTT 6508, NLTT 42493, 2MASS J16200353-3731449, TYC 7853-670-1, Gaia EDR3 6021430250773348736
External sources
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Gaia database (Gaia EDR3 6021430250773733632)
Archive from the Gaia mission
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