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Luyten's Star

Also GJ 273

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A red dwarf in Canis Minor with planets, one in its habitable zone.

Measured

Distance
12 light-years
Constellation
Canis Minor
Position (J2000)
RA 7h 27m 24s, Dec +5.23°

How far, from the Sun

12.3 light-years. To cross it:

  • Light12.4 years
  • Voyager 1's speed219,000 years
  • Driving at 100 km/h133 million years

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

Facts

  • In 2017 a radio message, 'Sónar Calling GJ 273b', was beamed towards its planet.
  • Spectral type M3.5V (SIMBAD).
  • At magnitude 9.87 (V) it is too faint to see with the naked eye.

Where this comes from

  • Gaia DR3 parallax 264.1269 ± 0.0413 mas, Gaia DR3 3139847906307949696 (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.