Star Luhman 16

Binary star Luhman 16 is located 7 light years away from the Sun. It consists of a brown dwarf and a brown dwarf. For now, there are no known exoplanets in this star system.

Luhman 16 A

Brown dwarf (spectral class L7.5)

Location

Right ascension: 10h 49m 18.723s

Declination: -53° 19' 9.86'' (southern hemisphere)

Parallax: 501.557

Sun distance: 6.503 ly | 2 pc

Basic characteristic

Mass: 3.2 % M Sun | 34 M Jupiter

Size: 8.7 % R Sun | 0.9 R Jupiter

(No known exoplanets yet)

Photometry

Apparent magnitude (V): 16.2

Absolute magnitude (V): 19.7

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).

Luhman 16 B

Brown dwarf (spectral class T0.5)

Location

Distance from the primary: 3.557 AU

Basic characteristic

Mass: 2.7 % M Sun | 28 M Jupiter

Size: 10.7 % R Sun | 1.1 R Jupiter

(No known exoplanets yet)

More about Luhman 16

      Luhman 16 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
LUH 16, Luhman–WISE 1, WISE J104915.57−531906.1, DENIS-P J104919.0−531910, 2MASS J10491891−5319100, IRAS Z10473-5303, AKARI J1049166−531907, GSC2.2 S11132026703, GSC2.3 S4BM006703

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Alpha Centauri	1.1 M☉	3.6 ly
WISE 0855-0714	0.01 M☉	6 ly
Sol	1 M☉	6.5 ly
DEN 1048-3956	0.07 M☉	7 ly
Wolf 359	0.11 M☉	7.3 ly

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Star Luhman 16

Luhman 16 A

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Luhman 16 B

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