Barnard's Star
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| Surface temperature | 3,134 K |
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| Apparent magnitude (B) | 11. 240 |
| B−V color index | 1. 713 |
| U−B color index | 1. 257 |
| Proper motion (μ) | RA: −802. 803 mas/yr; Dec. : 10362. 542 mas/yr |
| Did you know | On July 17, 1998, Diane Paulson of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center and her colleagues reported that Barnard's Star unleashed just such a flare. |
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| ID | 1207457 |
About Barnard's Star
Barnard's Star is a red dwarf about 6 light-years away from Earth in the constellation of Ophiuchus. It is the fourth nearest known individual star to the Sun and the closest star in the Northern Celestial Hemisphere. Its stellar mass is about 14% of the Sun's.
Barnard's Star Photos
