Star Gliese 829

Binary star Gliese 829 is located 22 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 829 B

Red dwarf, Spectroscopic binary

Spectral class: M3.5V

Basic characteristic

Mass: 27 % M Sun

Size: 30 % R Sun (estimate)

Gliese 829 A

Red dwarf, Spectroscopic binary

Spectral class: M3Ve

Location

Right ascension: 21h 29m 37.945s

Declination: 17° 38' 41.92'' (equatorial region)

Parallax: 147.496

Sun distance: 22.113 ly | 6.8 pc

Basic characteristic

Mass: 27 % M Sun

Size: 44 % R Sun

Temperature: 3440 K | 0.6 T Sun

Photometry

Apparent magnitude (V): 10.3

Absolute magnitude (V): 11.1

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 829 system structure

	Gliese 829 B
	Gliese 829 A

More about Gliese 829

Nearby star Gliese 829 is a main sequence star that fuses hydrogen atoms into helium.

       Gliese 829 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
Ross 775, G 126-4, LHS 508, Gaia EDR3 1784473016438653056

External sources

Simbad database (Ross 775)

Astronomical database SIMBAD (the Set of Identifications, Measurements and Bibliography for Astronomical Data)

Gaia database (Gaia EDR3 1784473016438653056)

Archive from the Gaia mission

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2MASS J2146+3813	0.17 M☉	8.2 ly

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