Observation data Epoch J2000 Equinox J2000 |
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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 | |
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.