• Constellation: Aquarius
  • Right Ascension: 23h 06m 29.368s
  • Declination: −05° 02′ 29.04″
  • Distance: 40.6 ly
  • Apparent Magnitude: 18.8

Trappist 1 is a cool red dwarf star located in the constellation of Aquarius. It is a dim star at around 18.8 magnitude, barely visible in images taken with modest equipment. Discovered in 1999 by John Gizis and other colleagues, later it was determined by transit methods that 7 possible planets obit the star.

Images of it from 2020 and 2022 show a small amount of proper motion across the sky.

 Trappist 1 2020 2022

 

  • Telescope: Explore Scientific 127 Refractor
  • Camera: ZWO 2600 MM