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Star Lalande 21185

Red dwarf Lalande 21185 is located 8 light years away from the Sun. It is a single flare star of spectral class M2+V, that has 46 % of solar mass. There are multiple known exoplanets in this system.
Sun distance
8 light years
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Lalande 21185

Red dwarf (spectral class M2+V)
flare star

Location

Ascension iconRight ascension: 11h 3m 19.433s
Declination iconDeclination: 35° 56' 55.151'' (northern hemisphere)
Parallax iconParallax: 392.753
Distance iconSun distance: 8.304 ly | 2.5 pc

Basic characteristic

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Mass: 46 % M Sun | 482 M Jupiter
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Size: 39 % R Sun | 3.9 R Jupiter
temperature iconTemperature: 3601 K | 0.62 T Sun
time iconAge: 7.5 billions years | 1.63 Sun
luminosity iconLuminosity: 0.0055 L Sun

3 exoplanets

 Lalande 21185 b 0.08 AU 2.7 M⊕ 12.9 days
Lalande 21185 d
unconfirmed
 0.51 AU 4.1 M⊕ 215.6 days
Lalande 21185 c 2.94 AU 13.6 M⊕ 2946 days

Photometry

Magnitude iconApparent magnitude (V): 7.5
Magnitude iconAbsolute magnitude (V): 10.5
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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).
More about Lalande 21185
Nearby star Lalande 21185 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 3601 K (3328 °C), which is about 62 % of Sun's temperature.
      Lalande 21185 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
BD+36 2147, G 119-052, Gliese 411, GJ 411, HD 95735, HIP 54035, LFT 756, LHS 37, LTT 12960, MCC 594, PLX 2576, SAO 62377, NLTT 26105, NSV 18593, Gaia EDR3 762815470562110464
External sources
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Simbad database (HD 95735)
Astronomical database SIMBAD (the Set of Identifications, Measurements and Bibliography for Astronomical Data)
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Gaia database (Gaia EDR3 762815470562110464)
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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