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Star Ross 154

Red dwarf Ross 154 is located 10 light years away from the Sun. It is a single flare star of spectral class M3.5 V, that has 17 % of solar mass. For now, there are no known exoplanets in this star system.
Sun distance
10 light years

Ross 154

Red dwarf, flare star
Spectral class: M3.5 V

Location

Ascension iconRight ascension: 18h 49m 50.117s
Declination iconDeclination: -23° 50' 13.551'' (southern hemisphere)
Parallax iconParallax: 336.027
Distance iconSun distance: 9.706 ly | 3 pc

Basic characteristic

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Mass: 17 % M Sun | 178 M Jupiter
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Size: 24 % R Sun | 2.4 R Jupiter
temperature iconTemperature: 3293 K | 0.57 T Sun
time iconAge: 0.8 billions years | 0.17 Sun
luminosity iconLuminosity: 0.0038 L Sun

Photometry

Magnitude iconApparent magnitude (V): 10.4
Magnitude iconAbsolute magnitude (V): 13
Absolute stellar magnitude in different parts of the electromagnetic spectrum from infrared (K band) to ultraviolet (U band).
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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
More about Ross 154
Nearby star Ross 154 is a main sequence star that fuses hydrogen atoms into helium. It is approximately 20 % of the size of Sun and temperature on its surface is around 3293 K (3020 °C), which is about 57 % of Sun's temperature.
       Ross 154 can be found in southern celestial hemisphere, you cannot see it with naked eye, but you can observe this star with basic telescope. The star is also observable from Northern America, Europe and Asia. 
Other designations of this star
Gliese 729, GJ 729, V1216 Sgr, CD−23° 14742, GCTP 4338, HIP 92403, LHS 3414, V1216 Sagittarii, Ross 154, Gaia EDR3 4075141768785646848
External sources
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Simbad database (Ross 154)
Astronomical database SIMBAD (the Set of Identifications, Measurements and Bibliography for Astronomical Data)
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Gaia database (Gaia EDR3 4075141768785646848)
Archive from the Gaia mission
Class of stars Red dwarf
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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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AX Microscopii
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Gliese 674
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