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V* V816 Her
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Star V* V816 Her

Red dwarf V* V816 Her is located 36 light years away from the Sun. It is a single flare star of spectral class M5V, that has typically about 25 % of solar mass. For now, there are no known exoplanets in this star system.
Sun distance
36 light years

V* V816 Her

Red dwarf, flare star
Spectral class: M5V

Location

Ascension iconRight ascension: 18h 42m 44.952s
Declination iconDeclination: 13° 54' 22.396'' (equatorial region)
Parallax iconParallax: 91.464
Distance iconSun distance: 35.659 ly | 10.9 pc

Basic characteristic

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Mass: 20 % M Sun | 178.1 M Jupiter (estimate)
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Size: 20 % R Sun | 2.1 R Jupiter (estimate)
temperature iconTemperature: 3254 K | 0.56 T Sun

Photometry

Magnitude iconApparent magnitude (V): 12.9
Magnitude iconAbsolute magnitude (V): 12.7
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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).

V* V816 Her system structure

V* V816 Her
More about V* V816 Her
Nearby star V* V816 Her 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 3254 K (2981 °C), which is about 56 % of Sun's temperature.
       V* V816 Her 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
GJ 4071, Gliese 4071, G 141-29, JNN 280A, L 1209-6, LP 510-15, LTT 15516, NLTT 46898, 2MASS J18424498+1354168, TIC 230345672, USNO-B1.0 1039-00345551, Gaia EDR3 4505805591300126080
External sources
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Simbad database (V* V816 Her)
Astronomical database SIMBAD (the Set of Identifications, Measurements and Bibliography for Astronomical Data)
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Gaia database (Gaia EDR3 4505805591300126080)
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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Ross 149
- 3.7 ly

MCC 188
- 4 ly

G 184-31
- 4.6 ly

Gliese 1232
- 5 ly

Gliese 740
0.58 M☉ 5.6 ly
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