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L 480-69
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Star L 480-69

Red dwarf L 480-69 is located 33 light years away from the Sun. It is a single star of spectral class M5e, that has typically about 25 % of solar mass. For now, there are no known exoplanets in this star system.
Sun distance
33 light years

L 480-69

Red dwarf, High proper motion star
Spectral class: M5e

Location

Ascension iconRight ascension: 15h 36m 34.035s
Declination iconDeclination: -37° 54' 35.784'' (southern hemisphere)
Parallax iconParallax: 99.185
Distance iconSun distance: 32.884 ly | 10.1 pc

Basic characteristic

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Mass: 20 % M Sun | 178.1 M Jupiter (estimate)
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Size: 20 % R Sun | 2.1 R Jupiter (estimate)
temperature iconTemperature: 3103 K | 0.54 T Sun

Photometry

Magnitude iconApparent magnitude (V): 12.7
Magnitude iconAbsolute magnitude (V): 12.7
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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).

L 480-69 system structure

L 480-69
More about L 480-69
Nearby star L 480-69 is approximately 20 % of the size of Sun and temperature on its surface is around 3103 K (2830 °C), which is about 54 % of Sun's temperature.
       L 480-69 can be found in southern celestial hemisphere, however it is too dim to be seen with the naked eye or even a small telescope. 
Other designations of this star
GJ 590, Gliese 590, LHS 3092, DENIS J153634.5-375422, LFT 1212, LTT 6228, 2MASS J15363450-3754223, NLTT 40644, TIC 172278724, WISEA J153634.19-375431.1, Gaia EDR3 6012446244330608768
External sources
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Simbad database (L 480-69)
Astronomical database SIMBAD (the Set of Identifications, Measurements and Bibliography for Astronomical Data)
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Gaia database (Gaia EDR3 6012446244330608768)
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

2MASSI J1546271-332511
- 5.1 ly

Gliese 618
- 6.8 ly

LP 860-41
- 7.2 ly

L 623-94
- 8.4 ly

WT 460
- 9.6 ly
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