This is a combination of two photographs taken 11 months apart with the 60 centimeter refractor of the Sproul Observatory. The arrow points to Barnard's Star showing its motion relative to the star field.
Magnitude 9.53
Absolute magnitude 15.52
Visible light is .00043 of Sun
Spectrum dM5
Distance 6.1 LY
Mass is 1/6 of the Sun's mass
Second closest system
A red dwarf which is moving fast in the Constellation Ophiuchus
Proper motion is 10.3 arcseconds per year
Named for its discoverer, Edward Emerson Barnard
Was mistakenly thought to have a Jupiter class planet
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