Gliese 710

Gliese 710
Observation data
Epoch J2000      Equinox J2000
Constellation Serpens
Right ascension 18h 19m 50.8412s
Declination −01° 56 19.005
Apparent magnitude (V) 9.66 (9.65–9.69)
Characteristics
Spectral type K7 Vk
U−B color index +1.26
B−V color index +1.37
Variable type Suspected
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)−14.53±0.44 km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: −0.414±0.019 mas/yr
Dec.: −0.108±0.017 mas/yr
Parallax (π)52.3963±0.0171 mas
Distance62.25 ± 0.02 ly
(19.085 ± 0.006 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)8.20 (8.19–8.23)
Details
Mass0.57 M
Radius0.58 R
Luminosity (bolometric)0.091 L
Luminosity (visual, LV)0.045 L
Surface gravity (log g)4.66 cgs
Temperature4,143 K
Metallicity [Fe/H]−0.11 dex
Rotational velocity (v sin i)6.42±0.78 km/s
Age300 Myr
Other designations
Gliese 710, BD–01°3474, HIP 89825, HD 168442, NSV 10635
Database references
SIMBADdata
ARICNSdata

Gliese 710, or HIP 89825, is an orange 0.6 M star in the constellation Serpens Cauda. It is projected to pass near the Sun in about 1.29 million years at a predicted minimum distance of 0.051 parsecs0.1663 light-years (10,520 astronomical units) (about 1.6 trillion km)—about 1/25th of the current distance to Proxima Centauri. Such a distance would make for a similar brightness to the brightest planets, optimally reaching an apparent visual magnitude of about −2.7. The star's proper motion will peak around one arcminute per year, a rate of apparent motion that would be noticeable over a human lifespan. This is a timeframe, based on data from Data Release 3 from the Gaia spacecraft, well within the parameters of current models which cover the next 15 million years.