LHS 6343
LHS 6343 is a star system in the northern constellation of Lyra. It appears exceedingly faint with a combined apparent magnitude of 13.435. Based on its stellar properties, the system is thought to be about 119.4 light-years (36.6 parsecs) away. LHS 6343 is a binary star with two red dwarfs, designated LHS 6343 A and B, respectively. A brown dwarf orbits LHS 6343 A at a close distance, and periodically transits it. The brown dwarf, designated LHS 6343 C, is located within the brown dwarf desert, a zone around stars where very few brown dwarfs have been discovered. The system was in the field of view of the Kepler spacecraft, and was monitored continuously for possible planets transiting the star, although the transits were found to be caused by LHS 6343 C. Properties LHS 6343 is a visual binary. Both stars are red dwarf stars that are much less massive compared to the Sun—the primary is 36% the mass of the Sun and the secondary, 29.2% the mass of the Sun. The two stars have been individually resolved using adaptive optics, showing an angular separation of 0.55, corresponding to a distance of about 20 astronomical units (AU). The brown dwarf