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Star Teegardens star

Red dwarf Teegardens star is located 12 light years away from the Sun. It is a single star of spectral class M7 V, that has 9 % of solar mass. There are multiple known exoplanets in this system.
Sun distance
12 light years

Teegardens star

Red dwarf (spectral class M7 V)

Location

Ascension iconRight ascension: 2h 53m 4.715s
Declination iconDeclination: 16° 51' 51.746'' (equatorial region)
Parallax iconParallax: 260.988
Distance iconSun distance: 12.497 ly | 3.8 pc

Basic characteristic

Mass: 0.089 M Sun | 93.2 M Jupiter
radius icon
Size: 0.107 R Sun | 1.1 R Jupiter
temperature iconTemperature: 2637 K | 0.46 T Sun
time iconAge: 8 billions years | 1.74 Sun
luminosity iconLuminosity: 0.00073 L Sun

2 exoplanets

Teegardens star b 0.03 AU 1.1 M 0 days
Teegardens star c 0.04 AU 1.1 M 0 days

Photometry

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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 Teegardens star
      Nearby star Teegardens star can be found in northern celestial hemisphere, however it is too dim to be seen with the naked eye or even a small telescope.  Teegardens star is about 10 % of the size of Sun and temperature on its surface is around 2637 K (2364 °C), which is about 46 % of Suns temperature.
Other designations of this star
SO J025300.5+165258, 2MASS J02530084+1652532, LSPM J0253+1652, FBS L 14-17, GAT 1370, APM EO0425-0315372, FBS 0250+167, SO J025300.5+165258, USNO-A2.0 1050-00774305, USNO-B1.0 1068-00028941, Gaia EDR3 35227046884571776
External sources
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Gaia database (Gaia EDR3 35227046884571776)
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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