★ Star Gliese 4248 | Nearby stars catalogue

Red dwarf Gliese 4248 is located 25 light years away from the Sun. It is a single star of spectral class M3V, that has 20 of solar mass. For now, there are no known exoplanets in this system.

Gliese 4248

Red dwarf (spectral class M3V)

Mass: 0.2 M Sun

Size: 0.2 R Sun

Temperature: 3425 K | 0.59 T 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 4248

      Nearby star Gliese 4248 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 4248 is about 20 % of the size of Sun and temperature in its outer envelope is around 3425 K (3152 °C), which is about 59 % of Suns temperature.

Other designations of this star
Luyten 499-56, L 499-56, LHS 3746, LP 983-71, LTT 8811, Gaia EDR3 6575069780231675264

External sources

Sources

Simbad database (L 499-56 )

Gaia database (Gaia EDR3 6575069780231675264)

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)	Planets


6	Fomalhaut	1.92 M_☉ 0.18 M_☉ 0.73 M_☉	1

8.5	Gliese 4274	0.17 M_☉

8.8	Gliese 884	0.63 M_☉

9.3	2MASS J2049-4012	0 M_☉

9.4	FK Aquarii	0.42 M_☉ 0.42 M_☉

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