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Kruger 60
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Star Kruger 60

Binary star Kruger 60 is located 13 light years away from the Sun. It consists of 2 red dwarf stars. For now, there are no known exoplanets in this star system.
Sun distance
13 light years
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Kruger 60 A

Red dwarf, High proper motion star
Spectral class: M3V

Location

Ascension iconRight ascension: 22h 27m 59.468s
Declination iconDeclination: 57° 41' 45.15'' (northern hemisphere)
Parallax iconParallax: 249.39
Distance iconSun distance: 13.078 ly | 4 pc

Basic characteristic

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Mass: 27.1 % M Sun | 284 M Jupiter
radius icon
Size: 35 % R Sun | 3.5 R Jupiter
temperature iconTemperature: 3406 K | 0.59 T Sun
luminosity iconLuminosity: 0.01 L Sun

Photometry

Magnitude iconApparent magnitude (V): 11.4
Magnitude iconAbsolute magnitude (V): 13.4
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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).

Kruger 60 B

Red dwarf, flare star, , High proper motion star
Spectral class: M4 V

Location

Distance iconDistance from the primary: 9.5 AU

Basic characteristic

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Mass: 17.6 % M Sun | 184 M Jupiter
radius icon
Size: 24 % R Sun | 2.4 R Jupiter
temperature iconTemperature: 3620 K | 0.63 T Sun
luminosity iconLuminosity: 0.0034 L Sun

Kruger 60 system structure

Kruger 60 A
Kruger 60 B9.5 AU
More about Kruger 60
       Kruger 60 can be found in northern celestial hemisphere, however it is too dim to be seen with the naked eye or even a small telescope.
Other designations of this star
LHS 3815, HD 239960B, Gliese 860, GJ 860, DO Cephei, BD+56° 2783, HD 239960, HIC 110893, HIP 110893, ADS 15972, G 232-075, LHS 3814, KR 60AB
External sources
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Simbad database (HD 239960B)
Astronomical database SIMBAD (the Set of Identifications, Measurements and Bibliography for Astronomical Data)
News from this star system
calendar icon02. 10 2019
tag iconInterstellar objects
Article image:

Interstellar comet I2/Borisov may have come from nearby binary star Kruger 60

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