Barnard's Star

Name : Barnard's Star Constellation : Ophiuchus Apparent Magnitude : 9.5 Absolute Magnitude : 13.2 Distance : 5.9 light years Luminosity x Sun : 0.02 Frontier Coordinates : -1,0

Barnard's Star is a dwarf star in the constellation of Ophiuchus. Due to it's relative closeness and direction of travel, it exhibits the largest proper motion across the sky as seen from Earth. In only 200 years it shifts across the background by the apparent diameter of the full moon.

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