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BL Ceti

GJ 65 A · GJ 65 · LHS 9 · recons:gj-65:a · Gaia DR3 5140693571158739840
Distance
2.720 pc · 8.87 ly
Spectral type
M5.5 V (RECONS)
Teff
2925 K (spectral type (Pecaut & Mamajek 2013))
Magnitudes
V 12.61 · G 10.508 · BP−RP 3.753
Parallax
367.712 mas ± 0.742 (Gaia DR3)
Gaia source_id
5140693571158739840
RECONS name
GJ 65 A
RECONSGaia DR3

Identity & provenance

Stable ID
gaia-dr3:5140693571158739840
Primary name
BL Ceti · RECONS common name
Common name
BL Ceti
RECONS name
GJ 65 A
RECONS system
GJ 65 (rank #6)
Component
A
LHS
9
Gaia source_id
5140693571158739840
Gaia designation
Gaia DR3 5140693571158739840
Source catalogs
RECONS+Gaia DR3
Cross-match
matched (2.84″, 2 candidates)
Match note
ambiguous: 2 Gaia candidates within 30 arcsec; resolved by brightness rank / separation; contested: Gaia source was a candidate for 2 RECONS components

Position

RA
24.77155 ° · Gaia DR3
Dec
-17.94830 ° · Gaia DR3
Reference epoch
J2016
Galactic l, b
175.52059 °, -75.68694 °
XYZ (equatorial)
2.349, 1.084, -0.838 pc
Proper motion
3385.32, 544.39 mas/yr · Gaia DR3
Radial velocity
21.46 km/s

Distance

Distance
2.720 pc · 8.87 ly · inverse parallax
Parallax (adopted)
367.7119 mas ± 0.7418 · Gaia DR3
Parallax (RECONS)
373.70 mas
Parallax (Gaia DR3)
367.7119 mas
RECONS vs Gaia
1.63 %

Photometry & astrophysics

Spectral type
M5.5 V · RECONS
V
12.61
M_V (RECONS)
15.47
G / BP / RP
10.508 / 12.821 / 9.068
BP − RP
3.753
Teff (GSP-Phot)
unknown
log g / [M/H]
unknown / unknown
Mass
0.110 M☉
RUWE
12.37
Non-single star
0
Variability flag
NOT_AVAILABLE
Planets
0

Render parameters (star_params)

Teff
2925 K · spectral type (Pecaut & Mamajek 2013)
Absolute mag
13.335 (G)
Bolometric corr.
-1.062
Luminosity
9.701e-4 L☉
Radius
0.1213 R☉ · Gaia G + parallax + BC_G (Andrae 2018)
Disk radius
0.4917
Limb darkening u1, u2
0.6000, 0.2000
Granulation amp / freq
0.0700 / 16.749
Variability
none
Seed
2716680164