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LP 816-60

LP 816-60
Observation data
Epoch J2000      Equinox J2000
Constellation Capricornus
Right ascension 20h 52m 33.01679s
Declination −16° 58′ 29.0249″
Apparent magnitude (V) 11.458
Characteristics
Spectral type M4
Astrometry
Parallax (π) 175.03 ± 3.40mas
Distance 18.6 ± 0.4 ly
(5.7 ± 0.1 pc)
Other designations
HIP 103039, LP 816-60, NLTT 50038, TYC 6348-400-1, 2MASS J20523304-1658289
Database references
SIMBAD data

LP 816-60 is a red dwarf star of spectral type M4, located in constellation Capricornus at 18.6 light-years from Earth.

The discovery name of this star is LP 816-60, which indicates that its discovery was published between 1963 and 1981 in University of Minnesota, Minneapolis.

LP 816-60 is known at least from 1979, when it was included to Luyten's catalogue NLTT.


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