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HD 232979
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Star HD 232979

Red dwarf HD 232979 is located 32 light years away from the Sun. It is a single star of spectral class M0.5V , that has typically about 25 % of solar mass. For now, there are no known exoplanets in this star system.
Sun distance
32 light years

HD 232979

Spectral class: M0.5V

Location

Ascension iconRight ascension: 4h 37m 41.475s
Declination iconDeclination: 52° 53' 29.411'' (northern hemisphere)
Parallax iconParallax: 100.916
Distance iconSun distance: 32.32 ly | 9.9 pc

Basic characteristic

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Mass: 60 % M Sun | 576.2 M Jupiter (estimate)
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Size: 35 % R Sun | 3.5 R Jupiter
temperature iconTemperature: 4034 K | 0.7 T Sun
luminosity iconLuminosity: 0.08 L Sun

Photometry

Magnitude iconApparent magnitude (V): 8.6
Magnitude iconAbsolute magnitude (V): 8.7
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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).

HD 232979 system structure

HD 232979
More about HD 232979
Nearby star HD 232979 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 4034 K (3761 °C), which is about 70 % of Sun's temperature.
       HD 232979 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
HD 232979, TYC 3732-542-1, HIP 21553, Gaia EDR3 272855565763652480
External sources
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Simbad database (HD 232979)
Astronomical database SIMBAD (the Set of Identifications, Measurements and Bibliography for Astronomical Data)
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Gaia database (Gaia EDR3 272855565763652480)
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.
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Gaia DR2 478823780455331968
- 6 ly

2MASS J0330+5413
- 6.1 ly

2MASS J0419+4233
- 6.3 ly

WISE 0458+6434
0.01 M☉ 6.9 ly

Gliese 3380
0 M☉ 7.6 ly
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