We report the discovery of a nearby M dwarf star , found accidentally while observing the old nova DN Gem at the Wise Observatory .
The star is designated 1200-05296925 in the PMM USNO-A1.0 catalogue and its coordinates , calculated for 1997 November 27 are : RA=6 55 05.13 Dec = +32 09 54.1 ( Equinox J2000 , Epoch J1997.90 ) .
Astrometric measurements for the star yielded a yearly proper motion rate of 0.155 \pm 0.002 arcseconds in right ascension and negligible yearly proper motion rate in declination .
The apparent V magnitude of the star was measured as m _ { V } =13.87 \pm 0.16 mag and spectral identification yielded a spectral type of M3.5Ve \pm 0.5 subclasses .
Using relations between spectral type and absolute V magnitude in M dwarfs , we arrive at an absolute magnitude of M _ { V } =12.3 ^ { +1.2 } _ { -1.1 } mag , which corresponds to a distance of 21 ^ { +15 } _ { -10 } pc .