★ Star Gliese 493.1 | Nearby stars catalogue

Red dwarf Gliese 493.1 is located 27.9 light years away from the Sun. It is a single flare star of spectral class M4.5 Ve, that has typically about 25 % of solar mass. For now, there are no known exoplanets in this system.

Gliese 493.1

Red dwarf (spectral class M4.5 Ve)

flare star

Mass: 0.2 M Sun (estimate)

Size: 0.21 R Sun (estimate)

Temperature: 3192 K | 0.55 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 493.1

      Nearby star Gliese 493.1 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 493.1 is about 20 % of the size of Sun and temperature in its outer envelope is around 3192 K (2919 °C), which is about 55 % of Suns temperature.

Other designations of this star
Wolf 461, V* FN Vir, G 60-55, G 62-5, LFT 962, LHS 2664, LTT 13750, NLTT 32583, 2MASS J13003350+0541081, Gaia EDR3 3705324881045028992

External sources

Sources

Simbad database (Wolf 461 )

Gaia database (Gaia EDR3 3705324881045028992)

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


2.9	Gliese 486	0.32 M_☉	1

4.4	Gliese 518	0.55 M_☉

5	Gliese 514	0.51 M_☉	1

6.1	Gliese 1154	0 M_☉

7.5	WISE 1217+1626	0.02 M_☉ 0.01 M_☉

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