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Lacaille 8760

Also AX Microscopii · GJ 825

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The brightest red dwarf in the sky, yet just too faint for the unaided eye.

Measured

Distance
13 light-years
Constellation
Microscopium
Position (J2000)
RA 21h 17m 15s, Dec −38.87°

How far, from the Sun

12.9 light-years. To cross it:

  • Light12.9 years
  • Voyager 1's speed230,000 years
  • Driving at 100 km/h140 million years

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

Facts

  • Spectral type M1V (SIMBAD).
  • At magnitude 6.68 (V) it is just past the usual naked-eye limit of about 6.5; binoculars show it.

Where this comes from

  • Gaia DR3 parallax 251.9124 ± 0.0352 mas, Gaia DR3 6583272171336048640 (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.