GJ 1245
Encyclopedia
GJ 1245 or V1581 Cygni is a triple star system
, 14 light-years away, relatively close to our Solar System
. All of the stars are rather dim. It is the 38th closest stellar system to the solar system, located in the constellation Cygnus
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Star system
A star system or stellar system is a small number of stars which orbit each other, bound by gravitational attraction. A large number of stars bound by gravitation is generally called a star cluster or galaxy, although, broadly speaking, they are also star systems.-Binary star systems:A stellar...
, 14 light-years away, relatively close to our Solar System
Solar System
The Solar System consists of the Sun and the astronomical objects gravitationally bound in orbit around it, all of which formed from the collapse of a giant molecular cloud approximately 4.6 billion years ago. The vast majority of the system's mass is in the Sun...
. All of the stars are rather dim. It is the 38th closest stellar system to the solar system, located in the constellation Cygnus
Cygnus (constellation)
Cygnus is a northern constellation lying on the plane of the Milky Way. Its name is the Latinized Hellenic word for swan. One of the most recognizable constellations of the northern summer and autumn, it features a prominent asterism known as the Northern Cross...
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External links
- http://jumk.de/astronomie/near-stars/v1581-cygni.shtml
- http://www.answers.com/topic/list-of-nearest-stars?cat=travel
- http://www.richweb.f9.co.uk/astro/nearby_stars.htm