Teegarden's Star

Measured

Distance

13 light-years

Constellation

Aries

Position (J2000)

RA 2h 53m 01s, Dec +16.88°

How far, from the Sun

12.5 light-years. To cross it:

• Light12.5 years
• Voyager 1's speed222,000 years
• Driving at 100 km/h135 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 dM6 (SIMBAD).
• At magnitude 15.14 (V) it is too faint to see with the naked eye.

How it was found

• It was discovered in archived sky survey data by a team led by Bonnard Teegarden.

Where this comes from

• Gaia DR3 parallax 260.9884 ± 0.0934 mas, Gaia DR3 35227046884571776 (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.