Star in the constellation Eridanus
GJ 1062 is a single[ 6] red dwarf star in the constellation Eridanus , positioned about two degrees to the SSE of Epsilon Eridani .[ 9] It is also known as LHS 20 and Ross 578. The star is invisible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of +13.0,[ 2] requiring a telescope with at least a 25 cm (10 in) aperture to view.[ 10] It is located at a distance of 52.7 light years from the Sun based on parallax , but is drifting closer with a radial velocity of −85 km/s.[ 1] The star has a high proper motion , traversing the sky at the rate of 3.033 arcseconds per year.[ 11]
This is an M-type subdwarf star with a stellar classification of M2.5VI.[ 3] It was one of the first three subdwarfs to be definitively identified by G. Kuiper in 1940, the other two being Kapteyn's Star and Wolf 1106 .[ 12] GJ 1062 is considered a likely member of the halo population, and thus is a MACHO .[ 13]
References
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Gaia DR3 record for this source at VizieR .
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^ 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 "Compilation of Eggen's UBV data, transformed to UBV (unpublished)" .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 .
^ a b Houdebine, E. R.; et al. (May 2016). "Rotation-Activity Correlations in K and M Dwarfs. I. Stellar Parameters and Compilations of v sin I and P/sin I for a Large Sample of Late-K and M Dwarfs" . The Astrophysical Journal . 822 (2): 38. arXiv :1604.07920 . Bibcode :2016ApJ...822...97H . doi :10.3847/0004-637X/822/2/97 . S2CID 119118088 . 97.
^ a b Winters, Jennifer G.; et al. (June 2019). "The Solar Neighborhood. XLV. The Stellar Multiplicity Rate of M Dwarfs Within 25 pc" . The Astronomical Journal . 157 (6): 32. arXiv :1901.06364 . Bibcode :2019AJ....157..216W . doi :10.3847/1538-3881/ab05dc . S2CID 86859146 . 216.
^ a b Kesseli, Aurora Y.; et al. (February 2019). "Radii of 88 M Subdwarfs and Updated Radius Relations for Low-metallicity M-dwarf Stars" . The Astronomical Journal . 157 (2): 17. arXiv :1810.07702 . Bibcode :2019AJ....157...63K . doi :10.3847/1538-3881/aae982 . S2CID 119325209 . 63.
^ "GJ 1062" . SIMBAD . Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg . Retrieved 4 December 2016 .
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^ Kotoneva, E.; et al. (August 2005). "A study of Kapteyn's star" . Astronomy and Astrophysics . 438 (3): 957– 962. Bibcode :2005A&A...438..957K . doi :10.1051/0004-6361:20042287 .
^ Fuchs, B.; Jahreiß, H. (January 1998). "Halo stars in the immediate solar neighbourhood". Astronomy and Astrophysics . 329 : 81. arXiv :astro-ph/9708209 . Bibcode :1998A&A...329...81F .