★ Star Gliese 229 | Nearby stars catalogue

Binary star Gliese 229 is located 18.8 light years away from the Sun. It is a system with 2 stars. There are multiple known exoplanets in this system.

Gliese 229 A

Red dwarf (spectral class M1.5 V)

flare star

Mass: 0.58 M Sun

Size: 0.69 R Sun

Temperature: 3837 K | 0.66 T Sun

Luminosity: 0.0158 L Sun

Apparent magnitude (V): 8.125

2 exoplanets:

Gliese 229 A c	7.9 M⊕	0.34 AU	122 days
Gliese 229 A b	10.2 M⊕	0.9 AU	0 days

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

Gliese 229 B

Brown dwarf (spectral class T6.5 V)

flare star

Mass: 0.02 M Sun | 21 M Jupiter

Size: 0.047 R Sun | 0.5 R Jupiter

(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 229

      Nearby star Gliese 229 can be found in southern celestial hemisphere, you cannot see it with naked eye, but you can observe this star with basic telescope. The star is observable also from Northern America, Europe and Asia.

Other designations of this star
HD 42581B, HD 42581, HIP 29295, LHS 1827, NSV 2863, SAO 171334, TYC 5945-765-1, WISE J061034.53-215200.3, GJ 229, Gaia EDR3 2940856402123426176

External sources

Sources

Simbad database (HD 42581B )

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