The Chronicles of Local Space

A fictional exploration of nearby star systems

Wolf 424

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The Wolf 424 System
Right Ascension 12h 33m
Declination +09° 01'
Distance 14.31 ± 0.29 ly
Star Wolf 424 A Wolf 424 B
Spectral Class M5.5V M7V
Estimated Mass 0.14 × Sol 0.13 × Sol
Luminosity 0.000098 × Sol 0.000077 × Sol

Star charts
Wolf 424
as seen from Sol.
Sol as seen from
Wolf 424.
Wolf 424 as seen from Sol Sol as seen from Wolf 424
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Brightest stars as seen from Wolf 424
Includes all stars of magnitude 1.00 and brighter
Star Magnitude Distance
Arcturus −0.90 24.8
Canopus −0.60 311.6
Sirius 0.01 16.7
Rigel 0.20 868.0
Vega 0.25 27.8
Alpha Aurigae (Capella) 0.27 46.6
Betelgeuse 0.46 500.2
Beta Centauri (Hadar) 0.59 387.8
Achernar 0.60 149.1
Alpha Crucis (Acrux) 0.74 317.9
Spica 0.87 236.7

Local Space

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Stargates in this system
Destination Distance
61 Virginis 17.0
Lalande 21185 8.7
Xi Boötis 13.2

Wolf 424 A

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The planets of the Wolf 424 A system
Planet SMA
(AU)
Orbital
Period
e Equatorial
Diameter
(km)
Mass
(Earths)
Density
(g/cm3)
Gravity
(Earth g)
Atmospheric
Pressure
(Earth=1)
Sidereal
Day
Mean
Solar
Day
Axial
Tilt
Known
Moons
Hibernia 0.04646 9.6711 d 0.0087 11560 0.6275 4.63 0.7632 0.495 9d 16h 06.5m Synchronous 00° 00.5' 0
Anglia 0.1075 34.029 d 0.0091 8389 0.2170 4.20 0.5016 0.294 34d 00h 41.5m Synchronous 01° 09.1' 0
Cambria 0.2282 105.32 d 0.1614 5889 0.06823 3.81 0.3200 0.0000490 70d 05h 09.0m 210d 15h 27.1m 01° 16.9' 0
Caledonia 0.3986 243.11 d 0.0315 4913 0.03518 3.38 0.2370 0.00000200 243d 02h 38.0m Synchronous 02° 33.0' 0

Wolf 424 B

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The planets of the Wolf 424 B system
Planet SMA
(AU)
Orbital
Period
e Equatorial
Diameter
(km)
Mass
(Earths)
Density
(g/cm3)
Gravity
(Earth g)
Atmospheric
Pressure
(Earth=1)
Sidereal
Day
Mean
Solar
Day
Axial
Tilt
Known
Moons
Mona 0.08259 23.950 d 0.0195 4586 0.04051 4.79 0.3132 0.000934 23d 22h 48.1m Synchronous 00° 12.1' 0
Vectis 0.1298 47.182 d 0.0244 7193 0.1309 4.01 0.4115 0.0130 47d 04h 21.6m Synchronous 00° 32.5' 0
Sarnia 0.2192 103.53 d 0.0295 10730 0.4605 4.25 0.6501 1.24 103d 12h 49.7m Synchronous 01° 16.2' 0
Caesarea 0.3240 186.09 d 0.0775 6362 0.08111 3.59 0.3259 0.0439 186d 02h 06.4m Synchronous 03° 46.5' 0

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