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L 560-68

Star L 560-68

Red dwarf L 560-68 is located 94 light years away from the Sun. It is a single star of spectral class M3, that has typically about 25 % of solar mass. For now, there are no known exoplanets in this star system.

Sun distance
94 light years

L 560-68

Red dwarf, High proper motion star

Spectral class: M3

Location +

Right ascension: 18h 22m 54.625s

Declination: -33° 20' 42.848'' (southern hemisphere)

Parallax: 34.798

Sun distance: 93.728 ly | 28.7 pc

Basic characteristic

Mass: 30 % M Sun

(estimate)

Size: 30 % R Sun

(estimate)

Photometry

Apparent magnitude (V): 13.1

Absolute magnitude (V): 10.8

Absolute stellar magnitude in different parts of the electromagnetic spectrum from infrared (K band) to ultraviolet (U band).

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

More about L 560-68

       L 560-68 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
Gaia DR3 4044763258965594112

External sources

Simbad database (L 560-68)

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

Gaia database (Gaia DR3 4044763258965594112)

Archive from the Gaia mission

Class of stars Red dwarf

Red dwarfs are small, relatively cool, reddish stars. They are by far the most common type of star in the solar neighborhood. Their mass typically ranges from about 8% to 50% of the Sun's mass.

Closest stars

L 560-86	-	3.5 ly
Gaia DR3 4049074165026089472	-	5.7 ly
Gaia DR3 4042971845234892288	-	6.3 ly
Gaia DR3 4050440965165040384	-	7.3 ly
L 559-37	-	7.9 ly

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