M-type star · red

1 Lyn

1 Lyn is a red in the constellation Lynx 638 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,341 K, about 0.6 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 331× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 5.0 it is bright enough to see with the naked eye; the light you see left it 638 years ago.

638 lybrightness mag 5.01M3III

Also catalogued as HR 2215 · HD 42973 · HIP 29919

3,341 K
temperature
5.01
apparent magnitude
331× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
M3III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
638 years
at light speed from Earth
0.58×
as hot as the Sun
331×
the Sun's light output
-1.45
absolute magnitude
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1 LynM-type
Sky regionLynxthis direction
Star5 Lyn38 ly
StarHD 4056862 ly
Star36 Cam92 ly
StarAlpha Lynstar
Star38 Lynstar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Lynx
Can you see it tonight?
VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE
Brightness mag 5.0To see it no equipment neededLook toward Lynx

Star data from the HYG database v4.2 (Astronexus, CC BY-SA 4.0). Temperature and colour computed by gravityfinder from the B-V colour index; the illustration is generated from that temperature, not a photograph.