Barnard's Star is a planetary system orbiting Gliese, a M4V ☼ star in the Ophiuchus constellation of the Sol Region.
Barnard's Star Barnard's Star is a dim, low-mass red dwarf located about 6 light years from Sol. Barnard's Star is the fourth closest star to Sol. Barnard's Star has roughly 17% of Sol's mass, 15% of it diameter, and is considered metal poor with only 30% its metallicity.
With an ago of over 10 billions years, Barnard's Star is considered a very old star. Peter van de Kamp once believed that Barnard's Star had at least one Jupiter sized planet in its system, but was later found to be an error and incorrect. Because of its how close Barnard's Star is to earth, it has always been a heavily studied.
Barnard's Star is approaching Sol at a fast speed of 140 km per second, it's believed that Barnard's Star will get as close as 3.8 light years in around 10,000 years. The Barnard's Star system contains 3 planets. One of the planets in the Barnard's Star system is home to an abandoned science station.
