Gliese 251

GJ 251
Astrometry
Parallax (π)179.01 ± 1.60[1] mas
Distance18.2 ± 0.2 ly
(5.59 ± 0.05 pc)
Other designations
Database references
SIMBADdata

Gliese 251 is a nearby red dwarf star of spectral type M4.0, located in constellation Gemini at 18.22 light-years from Earth.[1]

History of observations

The discovery name if this star is Wolf 294.[7] This indicates that it is known at least from 1919, when proper motion stellar catalogue by Max Wolf was published.[8][9]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Perryman; et al. (1997). "HIP 33226". The Hipparcos and Tycho Catalogues. Retrieved 2014-11-23.
  2. ↑ Luyten, Willem Jacob (1979). "NLTT 17147". NLTT Catalogue.
  3. ↑ Luyten, Willem Jacob (1979). "LHS 1879". LHS Catalogue, 2nd Edition.
  4. ↑ Gliese, W. and Jahreiß, H. (1991). "Gl 251". Preliminary Version of the Third Catalogue of Nearby Stars. Retrieved 2014-11-23.
  5. ↑ Van Altena W. F., Lee J. T., Hoffleit E. D. (1995). "GCTP 1609". The General Catalogue of Trigonometric Stellar Parallaxes (Fourth ed.). Retrieved 2014-11-23.
  6. ↑ Perryman; et al. (1997). "HIP 33226". The Hipparcos and Tycho Catalogues. Retrieved 2014-11-23.
  7. ↑ Kirkpatrick, J. D.; Gelino, C. R.; Cushing, M. C.; Mace, G. N.; Griffith, R. L.; Skrutskie, M. F.; Marsh, K. A.; Wright, E. L.; Eisenhardt, P. R.; McLean, I. S.; Mainzer, A. K.; Burgasser, A. J.; Tinney, C. G.; Parker, S.; Salter, G. (2012). "Further Defining Spectral Type "Y" and Exploring the Low-mass End of the Field Brown Dwarf Mass Function". The Astrophysical Journal 753 (2): 156. arXiv:1205.2122. Bibcode:2012ApJ...753..156K. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/753/2/156.
  8. ↑ Wolf, Max (1919). "Katalog von 1053 staerker bewegten Fixsternen". Veroeffentlichungen der Badischen Sternwarte zu Heidelberg (Koe nigstuhl). Bd. 7 (10): 195–219. Bibcode:1919VeHei...7..195W.
  9. ↑ Dictionary of Nomenclature of Celestial Objects. Wolf entry. SIMBAD. Centre de Données astronomiques de Strasbourg.

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