Barnard's Star

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Nov 2000

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2000eaa..booke4993.&link_type=abstract

"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 4993. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

Astronomy and Astrophysics

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Stars, Individual Stellar Objects

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A noteworthy star in the inconspicuous constellation Ophiuchus, it lies about 34° south of Vega and 28° west of Altair. It is identified only by a catalog designation, e.g. BD+4°3561. Despite being very faint, apparent magnitude 9.54 and hence visible only with powerful binoculars or a small telescope, it has several claims upon our interest. With a parallax of 0.549'', at a distance of 5.9 light...

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