Luyten 726-B

Luyten 726-B



Luyten 726-8 (also known as Gliese 65) is a binary star system that is one of Earth's nearest neighbors, at about 8.7 light years from Earth in the constellation Cetus. Luyten 726-8B is also known under the variable star designation UV Ceti, being the archetype for the class of flare stars.

The star system was discovered in 1948 by Willem Jacob Luyten in the course of compiling a catalog of stars of high proper motion; he noted its exceptionally high proper motion of 3.37 arc seconds annually and cataloged it as Luyten 726-8. The two stars are of nearly equal brightness, with visual magnitudes of 12.57 and 11.99 as seen from Earth. They orbit one another every 26.5 years. The distance between the two stars varies from 2.1 to 8.8 astronomical units (310 to 1,320 Gm).



Luyten-726-8A was found to be a variable star and given the variable star designation BL Ceti. It is a red dwarf of spectral type M5.5e. It is also a flare star, and classified as a UV Ceti variable type, but it is not nearly as remarkable or extreme in its behavior as its companion star UV Ceti. BL Ceti is also known as G 272-061.



The System is simply known as Eight A, has no planets but it is a Union Star System. It has a massive dust ring and has several Scooper Stations, Scoop Refineries and a Gigamon Station

The Gigamon is privately owned and operated by Eight A Inc.

