★ Star Gliese 740 | Nearby stars catalogue

Gliese 740

Red dwarf (spectral class M1.0Ve)

Mass: 0.58 M Sun

Size: 0.56 R Sun

Temperature: 3923 K | 0.68 T Sun

Apparent magnitude (V): 9.217

2 exoplanets:

Gliese 740 b	3.2 M⊕	0.03 AU	2.4 days
Gliese 740 c	98.6 M⊕	5 AU	0 days	unconfirmed

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 740

      Nearby star Gliese 740 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.  Gliese 740 is about 60 % of the size of Sun and temperature in its outer envelope is around 3923 K (3650 °C), which is about 68 % of Suns temperature.

Other designations of this star
GJ 740, LHS 470, HD 176029, HIC 93101, BD+05 3993, NLTT 47240, LTT 15568, LFT 1443, Gaia EDR3 4282578724832056576

External sources

Sources

Simbad database (HD 176029 )

Gaia database (Gaia EDR3 4282578724832056576)

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)


1.6	MCC 188	0 M_☉

3.1	Gaia EDR3 4269379774976572160	0 M_☉

4.1	G 22-26	0 M_☉

4.4	2MASS J19251275+0700362	0 M_☉

5.6	V* V816 Her	0 M_☉

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