M-type star · red

13 PsA

13 PsA is a red in the constellation Piscis Austrinus 2,077 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,645 K, about 0.6 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 930× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.5 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 2,077 years ago.

2,077 lybrightness mag 6.45K5III

Also catalogued as HR 8405 · HD 209476 · HIP 108952

3,645 K
temperature
6.45
apparent magnitude
930× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K5III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
2,077 years
at light speed from Earth
0.63×
as hot as the Sun
930×
the Sun's light output
-2.57
absolute magnitude
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13 PsAM-type
Sky regionPiscis Austrinusthis direction
Star35 Aqr510 ly
StarHR 8145630 ly
StarHD 219580730 ly
StarEpsilon PsAstar
StarDelta PsAstar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Piscis Austrinus
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.5To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Piscis Austrinus

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.