★ Star Kruger 60 | Nearby stars catalogue

Binary star Kruger 60 is located 13.1 light years away from the Sun. It is a system with 2 stars. For now, there are no known exoplanets in this system.

Kruger 60 A

Red dwarf (spectral class M3V)

Mass: 0.271 M Sun

Size: 0.35 R Sun

Temperature: 3406 K | 0.59 T Sun

Luminosity: 0.01 L Sun

Apparent magnitude (V): 11.41

(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

Kruger 60 B

Red dwarf (spectral class M4 V)

flare star

Mass: 0.176 M Sun

Size: 0.24 R Sun

Temperature: 3620 K | 0.63 T Sun

Luminosity: 0.0034 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

More about Kruger 60

      Nearby star Kruger 60 can be found in northern celestial hemisphere, however it is too dim to be seen with the naked eye or even a small telescope.

Other designations of this star
LHS 3815, HD 239960B, Gliese 860, GJ 860, DO Cephei, BD+56° 2783, HD 239960, HIC 110893, HIP 110893, ADS 15972, G 232-075, LHS 3814, KR 60AB

External sources

Sources

Simbad database (HD 239960B )

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Star Kruger 60

Interstellar comet I2/Borisov may have come from nearby binary star Kruger 60