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Kapteyn's Star
Kapteyn's Star
is a Star approximately 12.79 lightyears from
Earth
's
Solar System
.
Some facts about Kapteyn's Star
Parallax
: 0.255 arcsecs
Spectral type
: M0 V
Radial velocity
: 246.3 km/s
Proper Motion
: 8.671 arcsecs/year
Apparent Visual Magnitude
: 8.86
Absolute Visual Magnitude
: 10.9
Luminosity
: 0.013 Solar Luminosities
See also:
List of nearest stars
Space
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