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HD 22879
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Star HD 22879

Binary star HD 22879 is located 85 light years away from the Sun. It consists of a red dwarf and a bright giant. For now, there are no known exoplanets in this star system.
Sun distance
85 light years
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HD 22879 A

Bright giant
Spectral class: G0VmF2

Location

Ascension iconRight ascension: 3h 40m 22.807s
Declination iconDeclination: -3° 13' 4.539'' (equatorial region)
Parallax iconParallax: 38.325
Distance iconSun distance: 85.102 ly | 26.1 pc

Basic characteristic

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Mass: 110 % M Sun | 1152.3 M Jupiter (estimate)
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Size: 130 % R Sun | 12.4 R Jupiter (estimate)

Photometry

Magnitude iconApparent magnitude (V): 6.7
Magnitude iconAbsolute magnitude (V): 4.6
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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).

HD 22879 B

Red dwarf, High proper motion star

Basic characteristic

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Mass: 10 % M Sun | 146.7 M Jupiter (estimate)
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Size: 20 % R Sun | 1.6 R Jupiter (estimate)

Photometry

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).

HD 22879 system structure

 HD 22879 A
HD 22879 B
More about HD 22879
       HD 22879 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
Gaia DR3 3250489115709122560
External sources
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Simbad database (HD 22879B)
Astronomical database SIMBAD (the Set of Identifications, Measurements and Bibliography for Astronomical Data)
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Gaia database (Gaia DR3 3250489115708824192)
Archive from the Gaia mission
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