SPECULOOS-3

SPECULOOS-3

SPECULOOS-3 (circled) as seen by 2MASS.
Observation data
Epoch J2000      Equinox J2000
Constellation Cygnus[1]
Right ascension 20h 49m 27.44052s[2]
Declination +33° 36′ 50.9686″[2]
Apparent magnitude (V) 17.8 (estimate)[3]
Characteristics
Evolutionary stage Red dwarf
Spectral type M6.5±0.5[4]
Apparent magnitude (B) 19[5]
Apparent magnitude (R) 16.4[5]
Apparent magnitude (G) 15.379[2]
Apparent magnitude (J) 11.5[6]
Apparent magnitude (H) 10.867±0.021[5]
Apparent magnitude (K) 10.54[6]
Astrometry
Proper motion (μ) RA: –207.809 mas/yr[2]
Dec.: –412.215 mas/yr[2]
Parallax (π)59.7005 ± 0.0434 mas[2]
Distance54.63 ± 0.04 ly
(16.75 ± 0.01 pc)[2]
Details[4]
Mass0.1009±0.0024 M
Radius0.123±0.0022 R
Luminosity0.000835±0.000019 L
Surface gravity (log g)5.265±0.014 cgs
Temperature2800±29 K
Metallicity [Fe/H]0.07±0.1 dex
Rotation1.34±0.14 d
Rotational velocity (v sin i)4.8±0.5 km/s
Age6.6+1.8
−2.4
 Gyr
Other designations
Gaia DR2 1869054868256849920, Gaia DR3 1869054868256849920, LSPM J2049+3336, TIC 230741378, 2MASS J20492745+3336512, WISE J204927.26+333646.6
Database references
SIMBADdata

SPECULOOS-3, also known as LSPM J2049+3336, is a red dwarf star (spectral type M6.5) located 54.6 light-years from Earth[4] in the constellation Cygnus. It is one of the smallest known stars, and is much cooler, dimmer and smaller than the Sun, having 0.1 times the mass, 0.08% the Sun's luminosity, and an effective temperature of 2,800 K (2,530 °C), which is less than half of the Sun's temperature (5,772 K).[4] It is orbited by one known exoplanet, and is the second ultra-cool dwarf discovered to have a planetary system, after TRAPPIST-1.[7][8]

  1. ^ "Finding the constellation which contains given sky coordinates". djm.cc. 2 August 2008.
  2. ^ a b c d e f Cite error: The named reference DR3 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference LSPM was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ a b c d Cite error: The named reference Gillon2024 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ a b c Cite error: The named reference SIMBAD was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference Dittmann2014 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  7. ^ Anderson, Natali (2024-05-15). "Earth-Sized Exoplanet Found Orbiting Nearby Ultracool Red Dwarf". Sci.News. Retrieved 2024-05-28.
  8. ^ "Detection of an Earth-sized exoplanet orbiting the ultracool dwarf star SPECULOOS-3". ScienceDaily. Retrieved 2024-05-28.