CHXR 73

CHXR 73

HST image of CHXR 73 and its companion
Observation data
Epoch J2000.0      Equinox J2000.0
Constellation Chamaeleon
Right ascension 11h 06m 28.7626s
Declination −77° 37 33.1444
Characteristics
Spectral type M3
Astrometry
Proper motion (μ) RA: −22.193±0.233 mas/yr
Dec.: 0.215±0.206 mas/yr
Parallax (π)5.2343±0.1759 mas
Distance620 ± 20 ly
(191 ± 6 pc)
Details
Mass0.32 ± 0.11 M
Radius0.83 ± 0.04 R
Luminosity0.09 ± 0.07 L
Temperature3490 ± 180 K
Age2±1 Myr
Other designations
2MASS J11062877-7737331
Database references
SIMBADdata

CHXR 73 is a star in the constellation Chamaeleon, about 620 light-years away from Earth.

The star is located within Cha I, a molecular cloud. It has a low temperature of 3,490 K typical of red dwarfs, but unlike typical red dwarfs it has an unusually large radius of 0.83 R—this is because of its young age, only 8 million years.