Wolf 359 is a star located approximately 2.4 parsecs or 7.80 light years from Earth's solar system. It is one of the nearest stars to the Sun; only the Alpha Centauri system and Barnard's star are known to be closer.
Wolf 359 is a dim red dwarf star, as dim as Gliese
623 B (M5.8Ve) at lower right of Gl 623 A (M2.5V).
(See a Digitized Sky Survey field image around
Wolf 359 at the Nearby Stars Database.) ...
Wolf 359 This red dwarf star in the constellation Leo is the weakest light producer among our neighbors and it is one of the dimmest stars known.
Wolf 359 (CN Leonis)
Leo Minor (Leonis Minoris) Lepus (Leporis)
Arneb (Alpha Leporis)
Libra (Librae) Lupus (Lupi) Lynx (Lyncis) Lyra (Lyrae) ...
The star Wolf 359 is interesting for being one of the closest stars to Earth, at 7.7 light-years' distance. It is a very faint red dwarf and can only be seen in a telescope.
If you wish a real deep sky challenge, try Wolf 359. This is an extremely faint red dwarf, and the third closest star, at 7.65 light years. It has a visual magnitude of only 13.53, which renders it all but lost among the millions of other stars.
8 Wolf 359 13.5 M6e 2.3 Lalande 21185 7.5 M2 V 2.5 Sirius -1.5 A1 V 2.6 Luyten 726-8 12.5 M6e V 2.7 Ross 154 10.6 M5e V 2.9 Ross 248 12.2 M6e V 3.2 Epsilon Eridani 3.7 K2 V 3.3 Luyten 789-6 12.2 M6 V 3.3 Ross 128 11.1 M5 V 3.3 61 Cygni 5.2 K5 V 3.
As Canopus has a lower value (-0.62) than Wolf 359 (+13.44) it appears brighter in the night sky. In fact Canopus is the second brightest star visible in the night sky after Sirius A whereas with an apparent magnitude of 13.
The stars next closest to the Sun are the red dwarfs Barnard's Star (at 6 light years), Wolf 359 (7.8 light years) and Lalande 21185 (8.3 light years).
Fans of the television series Star Trek will recognize Wolf 359 as the site of the epic battle between Starfleet and the Borg.
Astrometric observations suggest the possibility that Lalande 21185 is orbited by two Jupiter-like planets.
Barnard's Star - 5.96 LY [YH]
HPMS - 7.50 LY
Wolf 359 - 7.78 LY [Y]
Lalande 21185 - 8.29 LY [YH]
Sirius Star System ...
At a distance of just over four light-years, the three members of Alpha Centauri, including Proxima Centauri, are the nearest stars to Earth. The next three closest stars are red dwarfs: Barnard's Star is six light-years from Earth. Wolf 359 and ...
pair of Sun-like stars, while the small red dwarf Alpha Centauri C (also known as Proxima Centauri) orbits the pair at a distance of 0.2 light years. The stars next closest to the Sun are the red dwarfs Barnard's Star (at 5.9 light years), Wolf 359 ...
Keck Observatory
Wolf 359
Wolf 1055 (Gliese 752, Ross 652)
Wolf-Lundmark-Melotte Galaxy (WLM Galaxy)
Wolf-Rayet star
Wollaston prism
wormhole
Wyoming Arizona Search for Planets
WZ Sagittae star ...
 See also: Star, Earth, Sun, S Star, Light
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