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Encyclopedia > UV Ceti Star System

UV Ceti is a binary star system approximately 2.63 pc or 8.57 light-years from Earth's Solar System, in the constellation Cetus. The primary star is a red dwarf of spectral type M5.5e and is known as BL Ceti, G 272-061, GCTP 343.10A, LHS 9 and Luyten 0726-008. The secondary star (UV Ceti proper) is a red dwarf of spectral type M6.0e. It is also known as LHS 10.


Its nearest neighbour is Tau Ceti, 0.88 pc or 2.87 ly away.


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List of nearest stars - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (159 words)
Stars with an apparent magnitude greater than 6.5, and which consequently cannot be observed with the naked eye, are shown in dark grey.
The stellar class is shown in the color of the star's spectral classification.
The light year distances for the nearest star systems taken from parallax data determined by the Research Consortium on Nearby Stars (or RECONS).
UV Ceti star (199 words)
A red or orange emission-line dwarf (spectral type dMe or dKe) that is also eruptive variable; also known as a flare star.
Within seconds the star may brighten by up to 6 magnitudes, then decline, rapidly at first, then more gradually to a preflare level after several minutes or hours.
UV Ceti itself is a faint M6eV dwarf that is part of a red dwarf binary system (the B component Luyten 726-8).
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