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Star QY Aurigae

Binary star QY Aurigae is located 20 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
20 light years
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QY Aurigae A

Red dwarf, flare star, Spectroscopic binary
Spectral class: M4.5Ve

Location

Ascension iconRight ascension: 7h 10m 1.235s
Declination iconDeclination: 38° 31' 30.97'' (northern hemisphere)
Parallax iconParallax: 165.215
Distance iconSun distance: 19.741 ly | 6.1 pc

Basic characteristic

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Mass: 22.6 % M Sun | 237 M Jupiter
radius icon
Size: 30 % R Sun | 2.7 R Jupiter (estimate)
temperature iconTemperature: 3069 K | 0.53 T Sun

Photometry

Magnitude iconApparent magnitude (V): 11.5
Magnitude iconAbsolute magnitude (V): 12.6
Absolute stellar magnitude in different parts of the electromagnetic spectrum from infrared (K band) to ultraviolet (U band).
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10
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20
25
30
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

QY Aurigae B

Red dwarf, flare star, , Spectroscopic binary
Spectral class: M5Ve

Basic characteristic

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Mass: 19.2 % M Sun | 202 M Jupiter
radius icon
Size: 20 % R Sun | 2.4 R Jupiter (estimate)

QY Aurigae system structure

 QY Aurigae A
QY Aurigae B
More about QY Aurigae
       QY Aurigae 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
Gliese 268, Ross 986, QY Aur, HIP 34603, G 87-26, G 07-51, LFT 512, LHS 226, LTT 11987, TYC 2944-1956-1, V* QY Aur, Gaia EDR3 946632924007399936
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 Gliese 251
 0.35 M☉ 2.6 ly

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Gaia EDR3 3426333598021539840
 - 8.2 ly

WISE 0607+2429
 0.05 M☉ 8.3 ly

Gliese 338
 0.69 M☉ 9 ly
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