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Gliese 793
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Star Gliese 793

Red dwarf Gliese 793 is located 26 light years away from the Sun. It is a single star of spectral class M3 V, that has 39 % of solar mass. For now, there are no known exoplanets in this star system.
Sun distance
26 light years

Gliese 793

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

Location

Ascension iconRight ascension: 20h 30m 33.189s
Declination iconDeclination: 65° 27' 2.945'' (northern hemisphere)
Parallax iconParallax: 123.655
Distance iconSun distance: 26.376 ly | 8.1 pc

Basic characteristic

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Mass: 39 % M Sun | 409 M Jupiter
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Size: 40 % R Sun | 4.4 R Jupiter (estimate)
temperature iconTemperature: 3471 K | 0.6 T Sun
luminosity iconLuminosity: 0.018 L Sun

Photometry

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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 793 system structure

Gliese 793
More about Gliese 793
Nearby star Gliese 793 is a main sequence star that fuses hydrogen atoms into helium. It is approximately 40 % of the size of Sun and temperature on its surface is around 3471 K (3198 °C), which is about 60 % of Sun's temperature.
       Gliese 793 can be found in northern celestial hemisphere, you cannot see it with naked eye, but you can observe this star with basic telescope. The star is easily observable from Northern America, Europe and Asia. 
Other designations of this star
HIP 101180, LHS 3558, LTT 15991, G 262-15, LFT 1552, LTT 15991, NLTT 49417, MCC 820, Gaia EDR3 2246206567973292160
External sources
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Simbad database (G 262-15)
Astronomical database SIMBAD (the Set of Identifications, Measurements and Bibliography for Astronomical Data)
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Gaia database (Gaia EDR3 2246206567973292160)
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 809
0.61 M☉ 3.9 ly

TYC 3980-1081-1
0.2 M☉ 5.4 ly

Gliese 1253
0.17 M☉ 6 ly

Gliese 4053
0.16 M☉ 6.1 ly

Chi Draconis
1 M☉ 6.1 ly
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