M-type star · red

9Mu 1Cnc

745 lybrightness mag 5.96M3III

Also catalogued as HR 3169 · HD 66875 · HIP 39659

3,578 K

temperature

5.96

apparent magnitude

188× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

M3III

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

745 years

at light speed from Earth

0.62×

as hot as the Sun

188×

the Sun's light output

-0.83

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

9Mu 1CncM-type

Sky regionCancerthis direction

StarAsellus Australisstar

Nearest stars

82 Gem →70 ly apart
3 Cnc →88 ly apart
2Ome1Cnc →90 ly apart
HD 72115 →100 ly apart
15 Cnc →110 ly apart
HD 67690 →110 ly apart

Bright stars in Cancer

Tarf →mag 3.5
Asellus Australis →mag 3.9
48Iot Cnc →mag 4.0
Acubens →mag 4.3
Asellus Borealis →mag 4.7
Tegmine →mag 4.7
18Chi Cnc →mag 5.1
8 Cnc →mag 5.1

Can you see it tonight?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 6.0To see it no equipment neededLook toward Cancer

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.