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Gliese 680
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Star Gliese 680

Binary star Gliese 680 is located 32 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
32 light years
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Gliese 680 B

Red dwarf, High proper motion star
Spectral class: M3V

Basic characteristic

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Mass: 40 % M Sun | 377.1 M Jupiter (estimate)
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Size: 40 % R Sun | 4.1 R Jupiter (estimate)

Photometry

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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 680 A

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

Location

Ascension iconRight ascension: 17h 35m 13.739s
Declination iconDeclination: -48° 40' 43.599'' (southern hemisphere)
Parallax iconParallax: 103.308
Distance iconSun distance: 31.571 ly | 9.7 pc

Basic characteristic

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Mass: 30 % M Sun | 314.3 M Jupiter (estimate)
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Size: 40 % R Sun | 4.1 R Jupiter (estimate)
temperature iconTemperature: 3544 K | 0.61 T Sun

Photometry

Magnitude iconApparent magnitude (V): 10.1
Magnitude iconAbsolute magnitude (V): 10.2
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 680 system structure

Gliese 680 B
Gliese 680 A
More about Gliese 680
Nearby star Gliese 680 is a main sequence star that fuses hydrogen atoms into helium. 
       Gliese 680 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
CD-48 11837, LTT 6988, SKF 104, CF 16879, HIC 86057, HIP 86057, NLTT 45045, NSV 9166, Gaia EDR3 5946986063684477056
External sources
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Simbad database (CD-48 11837)
Astronomical database SIMBAD (the Set of Identifications, Measurements and Bibliography for Astronomical Data)
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Gaia database (Gaia EDR3 5946986063684477056)
Archive from the Gaia mission
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