Barnard's Star

Capture

Seestar s50 Pro 66 stacks 7 October 2026

Date

7 October 2026

Location

Camden, NSW

Original

1906 × 3390 px

Barnard's Star is a small red dwarf star in the constellation of Ophiuchus. At a distance of 5.96 light-years from Earth, it is the closest star to Earth after the Alpha Centauri triple star system. It is a main-sequence red dwarf with a cool surface temperature of 3,200K (2,900ºC), has roughly one sixth of the Sun’s diameter, 16% of its mass and shines with just 0.04% of its luminosity. Barnard’s Star has the largest proper motion of any known stellar body. Over a period of 180 years Barnard's Star traverses a distance equivalent to the diameter of the Moon. It hosts a system of four small, close-orbiting rocky planets (designated b, c, d, and e). Apparent magnitude 9.51.

See it in the miscellaneous gallery