Kapteyn's star Comparison Table

Astronomy View all facts Glossary Help

physical object > natural object > celestial body > star > late star > M star > Kapteyn's star

Next M star: Kruger 60 AB Up: M star, subdwarf Previous M star: Gamma Sagittae

Kapteyn's star comparison table

Subject has spectral type is an instance of has symbol has distance has radial velocity is a kind of has synonym has definition has discovery date has luminosity class has discover

M star cooler than G2 late star Having a spectral type of M, that is, red like Betelgeuse and Antares.

subdwarf sd star Late-type object whose observed color and absolute magnitude place it below the Main Sequence. VI

Kapteyn's star M0 subdwarf sd 13 light-years +242 km s^-1 CD -45 1841 A nearby high-velocity M0 subdwarf that is both the nearest halo star to the Sun and the nearest star that orbits the Galaxy backward. 1897 VI Jacobus Kapteyn

Subject	has spectral type	is an instance of	has symbol	has distance	has radial velocity	is a kind of	has synonym	has definition	has discovery date	has luminosity class	has discover
M star	cooler than G2					late star		Having a spectral type of M, that is, red like Betelgeuse and Antares.
subdwarf			sd			star		Late-type object whose observed color and absolute magnitude place it below the Main Sequence.		VI
Kapteyn's star	M0	subdwarf	sd	13 light-years	+242 km s^-1		CD -45 1841	A nearby high-velocity M0 subdwarf that is both the nearest halo star to the Sun and the nearest star that orbits the Galaxy backward.	1897	VI	Jacobus Kapteyn

Next M star: Kruger 60 AB Up: M star, subdwarf Previous M star: Gamma Sagittae