Luyten 726-8

Luyten 726-8 is a binary star and one of nearest close to the Solar system.

UV Ceti (Luyten 726-8 B), the first star, is one of the best known examples of eruptive stars which even besides are sometimes called " variables of the type UV Ceti". The changes of luminosity can be very important: in 1952 that Ci increased by 75 times in only 20 seconds. UV Ceti is a Naine red of spectral Type M6.0e.

The other star is BL Ceti (Luyten 726-8 A), a Dwarf spectral red of Standard M5.5e. It is as a variable star, though less extreme as UV Ceti. BL Ceti (Luyten 726-8 A) is also catalogued like G 272-061.

The stellar Système Luyten 726-8 is located at 2,63 PC or 8,57 light-years of the Earth, which makes 6th star of it nearest. The nearest star to Luyten 726-8 is Tau Ceti to 0,88 PC or 2,87 Al

Discovered

The stellar system was discovered in 1948 by Willem Jacob Luyten which compiled a star catalog at fort own Mouvement. Shortly after it was discovered that the least brilliant star was a variable and was named according to the Désignation of variable stars UV Ceti.

See too

List of close stars

External bonds

AJ ''' 55 ''' (1949) 15
AJ ''' 109 ''' (1949) 532– 537
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