Gliese 623

Gliese 623 is a dim double star 25.6 light years from Earth in the constellation Hercules. It was photographed by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope's Faint Object Camera in 1994. The binary system consists of two red dwarfs orbiting each other at a distance of 1.9 astronomical units.

Gliese 623

Gliese 623, imaged by the Hubble Space Telescope. The fainter companion is to the right.
Observation data
Epoch J2000      Equinox J2000
Constellation Hercules
Right ascension 16h 24m 09.325s[1]
Declination +48° 21′ 10.46″[1]
Characteristics
Spectral type M3.0V / M D ~
Astrometry
Proper motion (μ) RA: 1146.26±1.21[1] mas/yr
Dec.: −451.86±1.11[1] mas/yr
Parallax (π)127.4785 ± 0.4818 mas[2]
Distance25.59 ± 0.10 ly
(7.84 ± 0.03 pc)
Other designations
GJ 623, HIP 80346, G 202-45, LHS 417
Database references
SIMBADdata
Gliese 623 is located in the constellation Hercules.
Gliese 623 is located in the constellation Hercules.
Gliese 623
Location of Gliese 623 in the constellation Hercules

See also

References
  1. van Leeuwen, F. (2007). "Validation of the new Hipparcos reduction". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 474 (2): 653–664. arXiv:0708.1752. Bibcode:2007A&A...474..653V. doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20078357. S2CID 18759600. Vizier catalog entry
  2. Brown, A. G. A.; et al. (Gaia collaboration) (August 2018). "Gaia Data Release 2: Summary of the contents and survey properties". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 616. A1. arXiv:1804.09365. Bibcode:2018A&A...616A...1G. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201833051. Gaia DR2 record for this source at VizieR.

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