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Wolf 359

(CN Leonis, GJ 406)
(nearby red dwarf)

Wolf 359 is a variable red dwarf about 8 light-years away, which constitutes the 5th nearest known star system, after Alpha Centauri, Barnard's Star, and the brown-dwarf systems Luhman 16 and WISE 0855-0714. Wolf 359 characteristics:


(star,red dwarf,nearby star,variable star)
Further reading:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolf_359
http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=Wolf+359
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2023ApJ...954...19P/abstract
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1919VeHei...7..195W/abstract
RedshiftParsecs
/Distance
Lightyears
/Lookback Years
  
~02.41pc7.86lyWolf 359
Coordinates:Wolf 359
J105628.92087+070053.0033

Referenced by pages:
M dwarf
M-type star (M)
Max Wolf's catalog of stars with proper motion (Wolf)
red dwarf
spectral type
variable star

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