Trappist-1 is a red dwarf star located in Aquarius. One tiny red dot located in a sea of dots, it came to fame in 2016-2017 when it was discovered there were seven planets that orbit the star. At around 40 light years distance, it does display a small proper motion across the sky in this sequence of images from 2020 and 2024.
Trappist-1 (2024)
- Constellation: Aquarius
- Right Ascension: 23h 06m 29.368s
- Declination: −05° 02′ 29.04″
- Distance: 40.6 ly
- Estimated Age: 7.6 billion years (estimated)
- Apparent Magnitude: 18.8
- Details
- Category: Stars
- Telescope: Explore Scientific 127 Refractor
- Camera: ZWO 2600 MM