★ Star Gliese 1221 | Nearby stars catalogue

White dwarf Gliese 1221 is located 20.3 light years away from the Sun. It is a single star of spectral class DQ9P, that has 81 of solar mass. For now, there are no known exoplanets in this system.

Gliese 1221

White dwarf (spectral class DQ9P)

Mass: 0.81 M Sun

Size: 0.00984 R Sun | 0.1 R Jupiter

Temperature: 5260 K | 0.91 T Sun

Age: 5.69 billions years | 1.24 Sun

Luminosity: 0.000085 L Sun

(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 1221

      Nearby star Gliese 1221 can be found in northern celestial hemisphere, however it is too dim to be seen with the naked eye or even a small telescope.  Gliese 1221 is much smaller than the Sun and temperature in its outer envelope is around 5260 K (4987 °C), which is about 91 % of Suns temperature.

Other designations of this star
EGGR 372, G 240-72, LP 44-113, WD 1748+708, LHS 455, NLTT 45565, Gaia EDR3 1638979384378696704

External sources

Sources

Simbad database (EGGR 372 )

Gaia database (Gaia EDR3 1638979384378696704)

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