Gliese 754

GJ 754
Observation data
Epoch J2000      Equinox J2000
Constellation Telescopium
Right ascension 19h 20m 47.955s [1]
Declination −45° 33 28.33 [1]
Characteristics
Spectral type M4.5V[1]
Database references
SIMBADdata

Gliese 754 is a red dwarf star of spectral type M4.5V in the constellation Telescopium.[1] It has an apparent magnitude of 12.23 and is around 19.3 light-years distant.[1] It is one of the hundred closest stars to the Solar System. Calculations of its orbit around the Milky Way showed that it was eccentric, and indicate that it might be a thick disk object.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "LHS 60 -- High proper-motion Star". SIMBAD Astronomical Database. Centre de Données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 4 July 2014.
  2. Innanen, K.A.; Flynn, C. (2010). "The Radial Velocity, Space Motion, and Galactic Orbit of GJ 754". Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada. 104 (6): 223–24. Bibcode:2010JRASC.104..223I.


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