★ Star Gliese 479 | Nearby stars catalogue

Gliese 479

Red dwarf (spectral class M3 V)

Mass: 0.43 M Sun

Size: 0.09 R Sun (estimate)

Temperature: 3491 K | 0.6 T Sun

Apparent magnitude (V): 10.66

1 exoplanet:

Gliese 479 b

5.1 M⊕

0.07 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

More about Gliese 479

      Nearby star Gliese 479 can be found in southern celestial hemisphere, you cannot see it with naked eye, but you can observe this star with basic telescope.  Gliese 479 is much smaller than the Sun and temperature in its outer envelope is around 3491 K (3218 °C), which is about 60 % of Suns temperature.

Other designations of this star
CD-51 6859, LHS 336, HIC 61629, HIP 61629, LFT 930, L 255-20, LPM 438, LTT 4806, NLTT 31327, 2MASS J12375231-5200055, Gaia EDR3 6078114541943893888

External sources

Sources

Simbad database (CD-51 6859 )

Gaia database (Gaia EDR3 6078114541943893888)

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)


3	UCAC4 175-092532	0 M_☉

3.2	1RXS J115928.5-524717	0 M_☉

6.3	Gliese 480.1	0 M_☉

7	Gliese 438	0.4 M_☉

7.3	SIPS J1259-4336	0 M_☉

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