Wolf 359 is a red dwarf star located in the constellation Leo, near the ecliptic. At a distance of 7.86 light-years (2.41 parsecs) from Earth, it has an apparent magnitude of 13.54 and can only be seen with a large telescope.

2021年4月26日 · Wolf 359 (CN Leonis) is a faint red dwarf located only 7.86 light years away in the constellation Leo. It is one of the nearest stars to the Sun. With an apparent magnitude of 13.54, it is invisible to the unaided eye and can only be seen in larger telescopes. The star hosts two exoplanets, designated Wolf 359 b and c, both discovered in 2019.

2025年1月22日 · Wolf 359 is a red main sequence star in the constellation of Leo. It is too faint to be seen in the northern hemisphere night sky without a telescope.

2024年1月1日 · Lying at a distance of only 7.9 light-years, Wolf 359 is the fifth closest star to our Sun, moving 4.7″ per year against the background stars of Leo. Shining at magnitude 13.5, this red dwarf...

2025年1月16日 · The outer limit of the habitable zone for Wolf 359 is about 15% of the distance between Earth and the Sun, because the red dwarf is much less bright than the Sun. Neither of the planet candidates for this system is located in Wolf 359’s habitable zone, with one too close to the star and the other too far out.

Wolf 359 is a red dwarf in the constellation Leo first measured in 1919 by Max Wolf. About 7.8 light years from the Earth, it has an apparent magnitude of 13.5 and can only be seen with a large telescope. Wolf 359 is one of the nearest stars to the Solar System.

Wolf 359 is a dim red dwarf star, as dim as Gliese 623 B (M5.8Ve) at lower right of Gl 623 A (M2.5V). On the other hand, Wolf 359 is also a "flare star." Designated with the variable star name CN Leonis, the star can brighten dramatically from time to time.

Red dwarf Wolf 359 is located 8 light years away from the Sun. It is a single flare star of spectral class M6.5 Ve, that has 11 % of solar mass. There are multiple known exoplanets in this system.

2025年1月16日 · The water-like surface and cloudy atmosphere suggest that in this depiction, the planet is in Wolf 359's habitable zone, which may allow life to flourish. Inset at our lower righthand corner is an X-ray image of Wolf 359. Here, the red dwarf star is a distant lavender dot glowing with purple haze, set against a pitch black background.

2025年1月16日 · Researchers used data of the star Wolf 359 from Chandra, pictured here, and XMM to study the impact of steady X-ray and energetic ultraviolet (UV) radiation on the atmospheres of planets that might be orbiting the star.