wolf 359

Weekly SkyWatcher’s Forecast: April 30-May 6, 2012

April 29, 2012

Want to stay on top of all the space news? Follow @universetoday on Twitter Greetings, fellow SkyWatchers! Are you ready for another week filled with bright planets, a meteor shower, challenging lunar features, interesting stars and astronomy history? Then you have come to the right place! Bring along your telescopes and binoculars and meet me [...]

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Wolf 359

January 27, 2010

Wolf 359 is a small, dim, M type red dwarf star that is located approximately 7.7 light years from Earth. It is located near the ecliptic in the Leo constellation. Wolf 359 is a very dim magnitude 13.5 and can only be seen with large telescopes. Only Alpha Centauri and Barnard’s star are closer to [...]

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