Barnard's Star

E438304
main-sequence star red dwarf star stellar object

Barnard's Star is a nearby red dwarf star in the constellation Ophiuchus, notable for its proximity to Earth and its high proper motion, making it a prime candidate for interstellar mission concepts.

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All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Barnard's Star canonical 2

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf main-sequence star ⓘ
red dwarf star ⓘ
stellar object ⓘ
age_Gyr about 7–12 ⓘ
apparentMagnitudeV 9.5 ⓘ
Barnard's Star b_instanceOf exoplanet ⓘ
Barnard's Star b_minimumMass_EarthMass about 3.2 ⓘ
Barnard's Star b_orbitalDistance_au about 0.4 ⓘ
Barnard's Star b_orbitalPeriod_days about 233 ⓘ
Barnard's Star b_orbitalZone snow line region ⓘ
constellation Ophiuchus NERFINISHED ⓘ
declination +04° 41′ 36″ ⓘ
discoveredBy E. E. Barnard NERFINISHED ⓘ
distanceFromEarth_ly about 5.96 ⓘ
distanceFromEarth_pc about 1.83 ⓘ
distanceFromSun_ly about 5.96 ⓘ
effectiveTemperature_K about 3200 ⓘ
futureClosestApproachDistance_ly about 3.8 ⓘ
futureClosestApproachEpoch_yrFromNow about 10,000 ⓘ
galacticPopulation old disk star ⓘ
hasExoplanet Barnard's Star b NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPlanetarySystem yes ⓘ
hasStellarActivity yes ⓘ
heliocentricRadialMotion approaching Sun ⓘ
highProperMotionNotedBy Edward Emerson Barnard NERFINISHED ⓘ
isPrimeTargetFor interstellar probe mission concepts ⓘ
luminosity_solarLuminosity about 0.0035 ⓘ
mass_solarMass about 0.14 ⓘ
metallicity_FeH sub-solar ⓘ
movingToward Solar System NERFINISHED ⓘ
namedAfter Edward Emerson Barnard NERFINISHED ⓘ
nearestStarRankFromSun 4 ⓘ
nearestStarSystemRankFromSun 4 ⓘ
otherDesignation BD+04°3561a NERFINISHED ⓘ
GJ 699 NERFINISHED ⓘ
Gliese 699 NERFINISHED ⓘ
HIP 87937 NERFINISHED ⓘ
LHS 57 NERFINISHED ⓘ
V2500 Ophiuchi NERFINISHED ⓘ
parallax_mas about 548 ⓘ
properMotion very high ⓘ
properMotion_dec_arcsecPerYear +10.33 ⓘ
properMotion_ra_arcsecPerYear −0.798 ⓘ
properMotionDiscoveryYear 1916 ⓘ
radialVelocity_kmPerS about −110 ⓘ
radius_solarRadius about 0.2 ⓘ
rightAscension 17h 57m 48.5s ⓘ
spectralType M4.0Ve ⓘ
stellarClass M dwarf ⓘ
totalProperMotion_arcsecPerYear about 10.3 ⓘ
variableStarType flare star ⓘ
visibilityFromEarth not visible to naked eye ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Project Daedalus → missionTarget → Barnard's Star ⓘ
Ophiuchus → containsStar → Barnard's Star ⓘ