★ Star Ross 248 | Nearby stars catalogue

Red dwarf Ross 248 is located 10.3 light years away from the Sun. It is a single flare star of spectral class M5.0V, that has 14 of solar mass. For now, there are no known exoplanets in this system.

Ross 248

Red dwarf (spectral class M5.0V)

flare star

Mass: 0.136 M Sun

Size: 0.16 R Sun | 1.6 R Jupiter

Temperature: 3142 K | 0.54 T Sun

Luminosity: 0.0018 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 Ross 248

      Nearby star Ross 248 can be found in northern celestial hemisphere, however it is too dim to be seen with the naked eye or even a small telescope.  Ross 248 is about 20 % of the size of Sun and temperature in its outer envelope is around 3142 K (2869 °C), which is about 54 % of Suns temperature.

Other designations of this star
Gliese 905, GJ 905, HH Andromedae, HH And, 2MASS J23415498+4410407, G 171-010, GCTP 5736.00, LHS 549, Gaia EDR3 1926461164913660160

External sources

Sources

Simbad database (Ross 248 )

Gaia database (Gaia EDR3 1926461164913660160)

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


1.8	Groombridge 34	0.38 M_☉ 0.15 M_☉	2

4.5	Kruger 60	0.27 M_☉ 0.18 M_☉

5.6	61 Cygni	0.7 M_☉ 0.63 M_☉

6.6	EV Lacertae	0.35 M_☉

8.6	Struve 2398	0.33 M_☉ 0.25 M_☉	2

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