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Gliese 693
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Star Gliese 693

Red dwarf Gliese 693 is located 19 light years away from the Sun. It is a single flare star of spectral class M2 V, that has 26 % of solar mass. For now, there are no known exoplanets in this star system.
Sun distance
19 light years

Gliese 693

Red dwarf, flare star, High proper motion star
Spectral class: M2 V

Location

Ascension iconRight ascension: 17h 46m 32.032s
Declination iconDeclination: -57° 19' 30.222'' (southern hemisphere)
Parallax iconParallax: 169.804
Distance iconSun distance: 19.208 ly | 5.9 pc

Basic characteristic

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Mass: 26 % M Sun | 272 M Jupiter
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Size: 30 % R Sun | 3 R Jupiter
temperature iconTemperature: 3386 K | 0.59 T Sun
luminosity iconLuminosity: 0.0015 L Sun

Photometry

Magnitude iconApparent magnitude (V): 10.8
Magnitude iconAbsolute magnitude (V): 11.9
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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 693 system structure

Gliese 693
More about Gliese 693
Nearby star Gliese 693 is a main sequence star that fuses hydrogen atoms into helium. It is approximately 30 % of the size of Sun and temperature on its surface is around 3386 K (3113 °C), which is about 59 % of Sun's temperature.
       Gliese 693 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
HIP 86990, Ci 20 1061, L 205-128, LFT 1372, LHS 454, LPM 655, LTT 7067, NLTT 45375, PLX 4040, GJ 693, Gaia EDR3 5918660719983560192
External sources
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Simbad database (L 205-128)
Astronomical database SIMBAD (the Set of Identifications, Measurements and Bibliography for Astronomical Data)
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Gaia database (Gaia EDR3 5918660719983560192)
Archive from the Gaia mission
Class of stars Red dwarf
Red dwarfs are small reddish stars, that are by far the most common type of star in solar neighborhood. Their mass is usually between 10 and 50 % of solar mass.
Closest stars

Gliese 682
0.2 M☉ 5 ly

WISE 1639-6847
- 5.2 ly

Gliese 674
0.35 M☉ 5.4 ly

Gaia DR2 6702242043883732864
- 6.1 ly

Gliese 754
0.16 M☉ 6.2 ly
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