SPECULOOS-3

SPECULOOS-3

SPECULOOS-3 (circled) as seen by 2MASS.
Observation data
Epoch J2000      Equinox J2000
Constellation Cygnus
Right ascension 20h 49m 27.44052s
Declination +33° 36 50.9686
Apparent magnitude (V) 17.8 (estimate)
Characteristics
Evolutionary stage main sequence
Spectral type M6.5±0.5
Apparent magnitude (B) 19
Apparent magnitude (R) 16.4
Apparent magnitude (G) 15.379
Apparent magnitude (J) 11.5
Apparent magnitude (H) 10.867±0.021
Apparent magnitude (K) 10.54
Astrometry
Proper motion (μ) RA: –207.809 mas/yr
Dec.: –412.215 mas/yr
Parallax (π)59.7005±0.0434 mas
Distance54.63 ± 0.04 ly
(16.75 ± 0.01 pc)
Details
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
Exoplanet Archivedata

SPECULOOS-3, also known as LSPM J2049+3336, is a red dwarf star (spectral type M6.5) located 54.6 light-years from Earth 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). It is orbited by one known exoplanet, and is the second ultra-cool dwarf discovered to have a planetary system, after TRAPPIST-1.