★ Star Wolf 1561 B | Nearby stars catalogue

Red dwarf Wolf 1561 B is located 36.3 light years away from the Sun. It is a single flare star of spectral class M5V , that has typically about 25 % of solar mass. For now, there are no known exoplanets in this system.

Wolf 1561 B

Red dwarf (spectral class M5V )

flare star

Mass: 0.15 M Sun (estimate)

Size: 0.19 R Sun (estimate)

Temperature: 3200 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 Wolf 1561 B

      Nearby star Wolf 1561 B can be found in southern celestial hemisphere, however it is too dim to be seen with the naked eye or even a small telescope.  Wolf 1561 B is about 20 % of the size of Sun and temperature in its outer envelope is around 3200 K (2927 °C), which is about 55 % of Suns temperature.

Other designations of this star
LHS 3788, LDS 782B, EPIC 206262223, LFT 1700, L 932-39, LP 759-82, LTT 8939, 2MASS J22171870-0848186, NLTT 53398, WISEA J221718.35-084821.4, Gaia EDR3 2616132101175335936

External sources

Sources

Simbad database (Wolf 1561 B)

Gaia database (Gaia EDR3 2616132101175335936)

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)


0.3	Wolf 1561	0 M_☉ 0 M_☉

3.5	Gliese 4281	0 M_☉

4.8	2MASS J2224-0158	0 M_☉

5.3	Wolf 1555	0 M_☉

5.6	UCAC4 427-122653	0 M_☉

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