M-type star · red

48 Psc

48 Psc is a red in the constellation Pisces 762 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,677 K, about 0.6 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 181× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.0 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 762 years ago.

762 lybrightness mag 6.05K5III

Also catalogued as HR 106 · HD 2436 · HIP 2224

3,677 K
temperature
6.05
apparent magnitude
181× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K5III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
762 years
at light speed from Earth
0.64×
as hot as the Sun
181×
the Sun's light output
-0.79
absolute magnitude
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48 PscM-type
Sky regionPiscesthis direction
Star57 Psc62 ly
StarHR 9055130 ly
StarHD 224186140 ly
StarAlphergstar
StarGamma Pscstar
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.0To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Pisces

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.