Ross 248
Photo: ESO Online Digitized Sky Survey.
Ross 248 is a nearby red dwarf that is also a flare star. Ross 248 lies just over 10 light-years away in the constellation Andromeda. Ross 248 was discovered discovered in 1925 by Frank Elmore Ross who first reported it in his "Second List of New Proper-Motion Stars," Astronomical Journal (36:856). Its nearest neighbor is the Gl 15 star system (GX and GQ Andromedae), at a distance of only 1.54 light-years (0.47 parsec).
| visual magnitude | 12.29 |
| absolute magnitude | 14.79 |
| spectral type | M5.5Ve |
| luminosity | 1.0005 Lsun |
| radius | 0.17 Rsun |
| mass | 0.07 Msun |
| distance | 10.32 light-years (3.17 pc) |
| radial velocity | -77.7 km/s |
| position | RA 23h 41m 54.7s, Dec +44° 10' 30" |
| other designations | HH Andromedae, GCTP 5736.00, GJ 905, Gl 171-010, LHS 549 |
