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Bar′nard's star′

Astronomya red dwarf star of magnitude 9.5 in the constellation Ophiuchus, having the largest known proper motion and being the nearest star to earth (5.9 light-years) beyond the Alpha Centauri system.

after Edward English. Barnard (1857–1923), American astronomer, its discoverer

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