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Star Ross 837

Red dwarf Ross 837 is located 31 light years away from the Sun. It is a single star of spectral class M3.5V , that has typically about 25 % of solar mass. For now, there are no known exoplanets in this star system.
Sun distance
31 light years

Ross 837

Red dwarf, High proper motion star
Spectral class: M3.5V

Location

Ascension iconRight ascension: 13h 58m 13.564s
Declination iconDeclination: 12° 34' 55.429'' (equatorial region)
Parallax iconParallax: 106.84
Distance iconSun distance: 30.527 ly | 9.4 pc

Basic characteristic

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Mass: 30 % M Sun | 303.8 M Jupiter (estimate)
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Size: 30 % R Sun | 3.3 R Jupiter (estimate)
temperature iconTemperature: 3372 K | 0.58 T Sun

Photometry

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

Ross 837 system structure

Ross 837
More about Ross 837
Nearby star Ross 837 is a main sequence star that fuses hydrogen atoms into helium. It is approximately 30 % of the size of Sun and temperature on its surface is around 3372 K (3099 °C), which is about 58 % of Sun's temperature.
       Ross 837 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
LHS 2830, Ci 20 824, GALEX 3870529557103646973, G 65-19, GJ 3817, Gliese 3817, LFT 1053, LTT 14082, 2MASS J13581392+1234438, NLTT 35837, TIC 387009593, Gaia EDR3 3727748630418376704
External sources
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Simbad database (Ross 837)
Astronomical database SIMBAD (the Set of Identifications, Measurements and Bibliography for Astronomical Data)
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Gaia database (Gaia EDR3 3727748630418376704)
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.
Closest stars

SDSS J1416+1348
0.07 M☉ 2.4 ly

ULAS J133553.45+113005.2
0.02 M☉ 4.5 ly

Gliese 518
0.55 M☉ 6.2 ly

Gliese 514
0.51 M☉ 6.6 ly

Eta Boötis
1.7 M☉ 7.5 ly
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