★ Star Gliese 338 | Nearby stars catalogue

Binary star Gliese 338 is located 20.7 light years away from the Sun. It is a system with 2 stars. There is at least one exoplanet in this system.

Gliese 338 A

Orange star (spectral class K7V)

flare star

Mass: 0.69 M Sun

Size: 0.58 R Sun

Temperature: 4024 K | 0.7 T Sun

Luminosity: 1.20 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

Gliese 338 B

Red dwarf (spectral class M0V)

flare star

Mass: 0.64 M Sun

Size: 0.58 R Sun

Temperature: 4005 K | 0.69 T Sun

Luminosity: 1.20 L Sun

1 exoplanet:

Gliese 338 B b

10 M⊕

0.14 AU

24.5 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

More about Gliese 338

      Nearby star Gliese 338 can be found in northern 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 79211, LFT 635, LHS 261, LTT 12426, HIC 120005, HIP 120005, HD 79210, LFT 634, LHS 260, LTT 12425, ADS 7251, MCC 541, HIC 45343, HIP 45343, Gaia EDR3 1022456139210632064

External sources

Sources

Simbad database (HD 79211 )

Gaia database (Gaia EDR3 1022456104850892928)

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