Barnard's Star
A small, cool, and faint red-dwarf star six light-years from Earth. It is named for its discoverer, Edward Emerson Barnard.
A small, cool, and faint red-dwarf star six light-years from Earth. It is named for its discoverer, Edward Emerson Barnard.
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