★ Star AP Columbae | Nearby stars catalogue

Red dwarf AP Columbae is located 28.3 light years away from the Sun. It is a single flare star of spectral class M5 V, that has 25 of solar mass. For now, there are no known exoplanets in this system.

AP Columbae

Red dwarf (spectral class M5 V)

flare star

Mass: 0.25 M Sun

Size: 0.32 R Sun (estimate)

Temperature: 3079 K | 0.53 T Sun

Age: 0.04 billions years | 0.01 Sun

Luminosity: 0.0004 L Sun

Apparent magnitude (V): 12.96

(No known exoplanets yet)

Photometry

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 AP Columbae

      Nearby star AP Columbae can be found in southern celestial hemisphere, however it is too dim to be seen with the naked eye or even a small telescope.  AP Columbae is about 30 % of the size of Sun and temperature in its outer envelope is around 3079 K (2806 °C), which is about 53 % of Suns temperature.

Other designations of this star
V* AP Col, LTT 2449, L 523-55, LP 949-15, 2MASS J06045215-3433360, Gaia EDR3 2886233695250041216

External sources

Sources

Simbad database (V* AP Col )

Gaia database (Gaia EDR3 2886233695250041216)

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

Distance (Light Years)		Mass (Solar mass)


6.5	Gamma Leporis	1.23 M_☉ 0.82 M_☉

7	Gliese 257	0.25 M_☉ 0.24 M_☉

8	WISE J071322.55-291751.9	0 M_☉

8	SCR J0533-4257	0 M_☉

8.6	2MASS 0729-3954	0.04 M_☉

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