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Bar'nard's star'



Pronunciation: (bär'nurdz), [key]
a 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.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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