Gliese 588

Gliese 588
Gliese 588 is located in the constellation Lupus
Gliese 588 is located in the constellation Lupus
Gliese 588     
Location of Gliese 588 in the constellation Lupus

Observation data
Epoch J2000      Equinox J2000
Constellation Lupus
Right ascension 15h 32m 12.93231s[1]
Declination −41° 16′ 32.1304″[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) 9.311[2]
Characteristics
Spectral type M2.5V[2]
U−B color index +1.14[3]
B−V color index +1.51[3]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)21.06±0.12[1] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: -1176.447 mas/yr[1]
Dec.: -1030.970 mas/yr[1]
Parallax (π)168.9965 ± 0.0270 mas[1]
Distance19.300 ± 0.003 ly
(5.9173 ± 0.0009 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)10.44[4]
Details[5]
Mass0.43±0.05 M☉
Radius0.42±0.03 R☉
Surface gravity (log g)4.82±0.08 cgs
Temperature3555±41 K
Metallicity [Fe/H]0.06±0.08 dex
Rotation61.3±6.5 d[6]
Other designations
CD−40 9712, GJ 588, HIP 76074, LHS 397, LTT 6210, TYC 7844-1976-1, 2MASS J15321302-4116314[2]
Database references
SIMBADdata

Gliese 588 is a nearby red dwarf star of spectral type M2.5, located in the constellation Lupus at 19.30 light-years from Earth.[1] It emits a very stable light flux, with no detectable pulsations.[5]

  1. ^ a b c d e f Cite error: The named reference GaiaDR3 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ a b c Cite error: The named reference SIMBAD was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ a b Mermilliod, J.-C. (1986). "Compilation of Eggen's UBV data, transformed to UBV (unpublished)". Catalogue of Eggen's UBV Data. Bibcode:1986EgUBV........0M.
  4. ^ "The One Hundred Nearest Star Systems". 2012. Archived from the original on 26 March 2012. Retrieved 25 December 2016.
  5. ^ a b Berdiñas, Z. M.; Rodríguez-López, C.; Amado, P. J.; Anglada-Escudé, G.; Barnes, J. R.; MacDonald, J.; Zechmeister, M.; Sarmiento, L. F. (2017), "High-cadence spectroscopy of M-dwarfs – II. Searching for stellar pulsations with HARPS", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 469 (4): 4268–4282, arXiv:1705.04690, doi:10.1093/mnras/stx1140
  6. ^ Suárez Mascareño, A.; Rebolo, R.; González Hernández, J. I.; Esposito, M. (2015), "Rotation periods of late-type dwarf stars from time series high-resolution spectroscopy of chromospheric indicators", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 452 (3): 2745–2756, arXiv:1506.08039, Bibcode:2015MNRAS.452.2745S, doi:10.1093/mnras/stv1441