Kapteyn's Star

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Nov 2000

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2000eaa..booke5156.&link_type=abstract

"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 5156. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

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Stars, Individual Stellar Objects

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A faint red dwarf star (apparent magnitude 8.86, spectral type M0V), situated in the southern constellation of Pictor, about 12'' north-west of Canopus. Discovered by the Dutch astronomer Jacobus Kapteyn (1851-1922) in 1897, it is notable for having the second largest proper motion known: its motion of 8.67'' per annum is exceeded only by that of Barnard's Star. It is also one of the closest star...

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