Celestial Objects
Barnard's Star
Red Dwarf Star
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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 fourth-nearest known individual star to the Sun after the three components of the Alpha Centauri system, and the closest star in the northern celestial hemisphere.
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