★ Star Luyten 726-8 | Nearby stars catalogue

Binary star Luyten 726-8 is located 8.9 light years away from the Sun. It is a system with 2 stars. For now, there are no known exoplanets in this system.

Luyten 726-8 A

Red dwarf (spectral class M5.5 V)

flare star

Mass: 0.102 M Sun

Size: 0.14 R Sun | 1.4 R Jupiter

Temperature: 2670 K | 0.46 T Sun

Luminosity: 0.00006 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

Luyten 726-8 B

Red dwarf (spectral class M6 V)

flare star

Mass: 0.1 M Sun

Size: 0.14 R Sun | 1.4 R Jupiter

Temperature: 2650 K | 0.46 T Sun

Luminosity: 0.00004 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 Luyten 726-8

      Nearby star Luyten 726-8 can be found in southern 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 10, G 272-61B, Gliese 65, GJ 65, BL Ceti, UV Ceti, LHS 9, LHS 10, G 272-61, LUY 726, IDS 01340-1828, L 726-8, 2MASS J01390120-1757026, WISE J013903.93-175655.7, Gaia EDR3 5140693571158739840

External sources

Sources

Simbad database (G 272-61B )

Gaia database (Gaia EDR3 5140693571158946048)

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