The Stars || News || About Stars | Nearest Stars | Big Stars | Special Stars | Exoplanets | Prototype Stars || Constellations || Galaxies || Planets | Moons | Solar System || Convert Values || Stellar Records || Imprint & Privacy

         

Anzeige

TVLM513-46546

This is an ultracool red dwarf, at the lower end of the mass limit for stars. Such small stars for a long time have been assumed to be quiet and simple. However, TVLM513-46546 is a very active flare star with a complex magnetic field and a hot spot, which covers half of its surface. The star spins every two days, like a cosmic lighthouse with a brighter and a darker side.

Constellation: Boötes
Age: > 1 billion years
Distance: 35 light-years
Spectral class: M8.5
Visual magnitude: 11
Luminosity: 0.0002 * Sun
Mass: 0.09 * Sun

Back: List of Special Stars

12/09/2007

     TVLM513-46546
The star with its magnetic field lines.
Graphic: Gemini Observatory/ Dana Berry, SkyWorks Digital Animation
    Astronomical articles released under Creative Commons: Imprint & Privacy
This site in German: Sterne und Planeten


Astronomy: Stars & Planets | © Jumk.de Webprojects

Images of Chemical Elements