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DX Cancri

Also GJ 1111 · G 51-15

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A very faint, low-mass red dwarf near the Sun, about 0.09 solar masses.

Measured

Distance
12 light-years
Constellation
Cancer
Position (J2000)
RA 8h 29m 49s, Dec +26.78°

How far, from the Sun

11.7 light-years. To cross it:

  • Light11.7 years
  • Voyager 1's speed208,000 years
  • Driving at 100 km/h126 million years

Voyager 1 at the speed it moved outward over the year to 2026-10-25 (JPL Horizons). Driving: nonstop, never refuelling.

Facts

  • It is a flare star.
  • Spectral type M6.5Ve (SIMBAD).
  • At magnitude 12.17 (Gaia G) it is too faint to see with the naked eye.

Where this comes from

  • Gaia DR3 parallax 279.2496 ± 0.0637 mas, Gaia DR3 703790044252850688 (Gaia Collaboration 2023, A&A 674, A1)
  • This research has made use of the SIMBAD database, CDS, Strasbourg, France (Wenger et al. 2000, A&AS 143, 9).
  • This research has made use of the VizieR catalogue access tool, CDS, Strasbourg, France (DOI: 10.26093/cds/vizier).

Every catalogue Ouranos draws is credited on the credits page.