★ Star Gliese 1050 | Nearby stars catalogue

Red dwarf Gliese 1050 is located 35.5 light years away from the Sun. It is a single star of spectral class M3, that has typically about 25 % of solar mass. For now, there are no known exoplanets in this system.

Gliese 1050

Red dwarf (spectral class M3)

Mass: 0.36 M Sun (estimate)

Size: 0.37 R Sun (estimate)

Temperature: 3400 K | 0.59 T Sun

Apparent magnitude (V): 11.73

(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 Gliese 1050

      Nearby star Gliese 1050 can be found in southern celestial hemisphere, however it is too dim to be seen with the naked eye or even a small telescope.  Gliese 1050 is about 40 % of the size of Sun and temperature in its outer envelope is around 3400 K (3127 °C), which is about 59 % of Suns temperature.

Other designations of this star
LHS 157, GCRV 26217, GJ 1050, L 513-23, LFT 221, LP 941-142, LTT 1304, 2MASS J02395066-3407557, NLTT 8645, TIC 122574885, WISEA J023951.16-340815.1, Gaia EDR3 5062273240775788416

External sources

Sources

Simbad database (L 513-23 )

Gaia database (Gaia EDR3 5062273240775788416)

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)


4.6	2MASS J02572581-3105523	0 M_☉

5.7	2MASS J0243−2453	0.03 M_☉

6.1	LP 993-115	0 M_☉

6.6	V* CC Eri	0 M_☉

6.8	Gliese 3135	0 M_☉

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