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Proxima Centauri

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Proxima Centauri

GJ 551 · LHS 49 · recons:gj-551 · Gaia DR3 5853498713190525696

Distance: 1.302 pc · 4.25 ly
Spectral type: M5.0 V (RECONS)
T_eff: 2829 K (Gaia GSP-Phot)
Magnitudes: V 11.05 · G 8.985 · BP−RP 3.805
Parallax: 768.067 mas ± 0.050 (Gaia DR3)
Gaia source_id: 5853498713190525696
RECONS name: GJ 551

RECONSGaia DR3

Identity & provenance

Stable ID: gaia-dr3:5853498713190525696
Primary name: Proxima Centauri · RECONS common name
Common name: Proxima Centauri
RECONS name: GJ 551
RECONS system: GJ 551 (rank #1)
Component: —
LHS: 49
Gaia source_id: 5853498713190525696
Gaia designation: Gaia DR3 5853498713190525696
Source catalogs: RECONS+Gaia DR3
Cross-match: matched (0.50″, 1 candidates)
Match note: —

Position

RA: 217.39232 ° · Gaia DR3
Dec: -62.67608 ° · Gaia DR3
Reference epoch: J2016
Galactic l, b: 313.92550 °, -1.91775 °
XYZ (equatorial): -0.475, -0.363, -1.157 pc
Proper motion: -3781.74, 769.47 mas/yr · Gaia DR3
Radial velocity: -21.94 km/s

Distance

Distance: 1.302 pc · 4.25 ly · inverse parallax
Parallax (adopted): 768.0665 mas ± 0.0499 · Gaia DR3
Parallax (RECONS): 768.85 mas
Parallax (Gaia DR3): 768.0665 mas
RECONS vs Gaia: 0.10 %

Photometry & astrophysics

Spectral type: M5.0 V · RECONS
V: 11.05
M_V (RECONS): 15.48
G / BP / RP: 8.985 / 11.373 / 7.569
BP − RP: 3.805
Teff (GSP-Phot): 2829 K
log g / [M/H]: 5.14 / -0.18
Mass: 0.110 M☉
RUWE: 0.97
Non-single star: 0
Variability flag: NOT_AVAILABLE
Planets: 0

Render parameters (star_params)

Teff: 2829 K · Gaia GSP-Phot
Absolute mag: 13.412 (G)
Bolometric corr.: -1.062
Luminosity: 9.040e-4 L☉
Radius: 0.1251 R☉ · Gaia G + parallax + BC_G (Andrae 2018)
Disk radius: 0.4936
Limb darkening u1, u2: 0.6000, 0.2000
Granulation amp / freq: 0.0700 / 16.708
Variability: none
Seed: 3348623393

Notes: separation 7849"