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In the 1970s, Barnard's Star was the proposed destination for the British space exploration [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Daedalus Project Daedalus], because it was then believed to have a planetary system.
 
In the 1970s, Barnard's Star was the proposed destination for the British space exploration [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Daedalus Project Daedalus], because it was then believed to have a planetary system.
  
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== Barnard's Star in Fenspace ==
 
GCU ''[[Gagarin-class#GCU Yuri Gagarin|Yuri Gagarin]]'' has since made a solo mission to Barnard's Star.
 
GCU ''[[Gagarin-class#GCU Yuri Gagarin|Yuri Gagarin]]'' has since made a solo mission to Barnard's Star.
  
  
 
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Places in Fenspace
Barnard's Star
Stellar characteristics
ConstellationOphiuchus
Right ascension (Epoch J2000)17h 57m 48.5s
Declination (Epoch J2000)+04° 41' 36"
Spectral typeM4 Ve
Distance from Sol5.98 ± 0.003 ly
Other designationsBarnard's Runaway Star, BD+04°3561a, GCTP 4098.00, Gl 140-024, Gliese 699, HIP 87937, LFT 1385, LHS 57, LTT 15309, Munich 15040, Proxima Ophiuchi, V2500 Ophiuchi, Vyssotsky 799
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Barnard's Star, also known occasionally as Barnard's Runaway Star, is a very low-mass red dwarf star approximately six light-years away from Earth in the constellation of Ophiuchus (the Snake-holder). In 1916, astronomer E.E. Barnard measured its proper motion as 10.3 arcseconds per year, which remains the largest-known proper motion of any star relative to the Sun.

In the 1970s, Barnard's Star was the proposed destination for the British space exploration Project Daedalus, because it was then believed to have a planetary system.

Barnard's Star in Fenspace

GCU Yuri Gagarin has since made a solo mission to Barnard's Star.