Star Gliese 660

Binary star Gliese 660 is located 33 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 660 A

Red dwarf

Spectral class: M3V

Location

Right ascension: 17h 11m 52.262s

Declination: -1° 51' 6.323'' (equatorial region)

Parallax: 98.19

Sun distance: 33.217 ly | 10.2 pc

Basic characteristic

Mass: 40 % M Sun (estimate)

Size: 40 % R Sun (estimate)

Temperature: 3325 K | 0.58 T Sun

Photometry

Apparent magnitude (V): 11.4

Absolute magnitude (V): 11.3

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 660 B

Red dwarf

Basic characteristic

Gliese 660 system structure

	Gliese 660 A
	Gliese 660 B

More about Gliese 660

       Gliese 660 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
GJ 660, G 19-15, LPM 629, HIC 84123, HIP 84123, LFT 1324, LHS 3269, L 989-20, LPM 629, LP 627-9, LTT 6854, NLTT 44323, 2MASS J17115234-0151057, TIC 142948307, TYC 5065-23-1, WISEA J171152.00-015108.8

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Gliese 653	-	2.3 ly
Gliese 678.1	0 M☉	5 ly
12 Ophiuchi	0.91 M☉	5.2 ly
Gliese 1207	0 M☉	5.4 ly
HD 160346	-	5.9 ly

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