Editing Barnard's Star (section)

== Environment ==
[[File:Angular map of fusors around Sol within 9ly (large).png|thumb|upright=1.5|The position of Barnard's Star on a [[Plan position indicator|radar]] map among all stellar objects or [[stellar systems]] within 9 light years (ly) from the map's center, the Sun (Sol).]]

Barnard's Star shares much the same neighborhood as the Sun. The neighbors of Barnard's Star are generally of red dwarf size, the smallest and most common star type. Its closest neighbor is currently the red dwarf [[Ross 154]], at a distance of 1.66 [[parsec]]s (5.41 light-years). The Sun (5.98 light-years) and [[Alpha Centauri]] (6.47 light-years) are, respectively, the next closest systems.<ref name=SolStation/> From Barnard's Star, the Sun would appear on the diametrically opposite side of the sky at coordinates RA={{RA|5|57|48.5}}, Dec={{DEC|−04|41|36}}, in the westernmost part of the constellation [[Monoceros]]. The absolute magnitude of the Sun is 4.83, and at a distance of 1.834 parsecs, it would be a first-magnitude star, as [[Pollux (star)|Pollux]] is from the Earth.<ref group="note">The Sun's apparent magnitude from Barnard's Star, assuming negligible [[Extinction (astronomy)|extinction]]: <math>\begin{smallmatrix} m = 4.83 + 5\cdot((\log_{10} 1.834) - 1) = 1.15 \end{smallmatrix}</math>.</ref>