• 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

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 2020 2024

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