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Barnard's Star

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Barnard's Star

GJ 699 · LHS 57 · recons:gj-699 · Gaia DR3 4472832130942575872
Distance
1.828 pc · 5.96 ly
Spectral type
M3.5 V (RECONS)
Teff
3100 K (Gaia GSP-Phot)
Magnitudes
V 9.57 · G 8.194 · BP−RP 2.834
Parallax
546.976 mas ± 0.040 (Gaia DR3)
Gaia source_id
4472832130942575872
RECONS name
GJ 699
RECONSGaia DR3

Identity & provenance

Stable ID
gaia-dr3:4472832130942575872
Primary name
Barnard's Star · RECONS common name
Common name
Barnard's Star
RECONS name
GJ 699
RECONS system
GJ 699 (rank #2)
Component
—
LHS
57
Gaia source_id
4472832130942575872
Gaia designation
Gaia DR3 4472832130942575872
Source catalogs
RECONS+Gaia DR3
Cross-match
matched (0.69″, 1 candidates)
Match note
—

Position

RA
269.44850 ° · Gaia DR3
Dec
4.73942 ° · Gaia DR3
Reference epoch
J2016
Galactic l, b
31.04942 °, 14.08660 °
XYZ (equatorial)
-0.018, -1.822, 0.151 pc
Proper motion
-801.55, 10362.39 mas/yr · Gaia DR3
Radial velocity
-110.47 km/s

Distance

Distance
1.828 pc · 5.96 ly · inverse parallax
Parallax (adopted)
546.9759 mas ± 0.0401 · Gaia DR3
Parallax (RECONS)
545.51 mas
Parallax (Gaia DR3)
546.9759 mas
RECONS vs Gaia
0.27 %

Photometry & astrophysics

Spectral type
M3.5 V · RECONS
V
9.57
M_V (RECONS)
13.25
G / BP / RP
8.194 / 9.792 / 6.958
BP − RP
2.834
Teff (GSP-Phot)
3100 K
log g / [M/H]
4.76 / -0.91
Mass
0.160 M☉
RUWE
1.08
Non-single star
0
Variability flag
NOT_AVAILABLE
Planets
0

Render parameters (star_params)

Teff
3100 K · Gaia GSP-Phot
Absolute mag
11.884 (G)
Bolometric corr.
-1.062
Luminosity
0.003693 L☉
Radius
0.2107 R☉ · Gaia G + parallax + BC_G (Andrae 2018)
Disk radius
0.5253
Limb darkening u1, u2
0.5915, 0.2085
Granulation amp / freq
0.0695 / 16.029
Variability
none
Seed
36532338