Gliese 293
Gliese 293 is a nearby white dwarf star, located 26.64 light-years away in the constellation Volans. It is the nearest star in this constellation and also the only one within 10 parsecs.
Distance
Gliese 293 is the 12th-nearest known white dwarf. A trigonometric parallax of Gliese 293 was included in the YPC, and subsequently it was measured more precisely in CTIOPI 0.9 m telescope program, and by Gaia.| Source | Paper | Parallax, mas | Distance, pc | Distance, ly | Ref. |
| YPC | van Altena et al., 1995 | ||||
| CTIOPI 0.9 m | TSN-21 | ||||
| Gaia DR3 | Gaia Collaboration 2023 |
Physical parameters
The mass of Gliese 293 is, and its surface gravity is, or approximately 102,000 times Earth's, corresponding to a radius of, or 139% of Earth's.Gliese 293 has a temperature of, almost like the Sun, and a cooling age, i.e. age as a degenerate star of It has a white appearance due to similar temperature to Sun.