M-type star · red

HD 183556

1,259 lybrightness mag 6.22C5II

Also catalogued as HIP 95154

2,600 K

temperature

6.22

apparent magnitude

422× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

C5II

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

1,259 years

at light speed from Earth

0.45×

as hot as the Sun

422×

the Sun's light output

-1.71

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HD 183556M-type

Sky regionDracothis direction

Nearest stars

HR 8395 →240 ly apart
34Psi2Dra →250 ly apart
HR 7704 →260 ly apart
HR 8168 →330 ly apart
HR 4639 →400 ly apart
HR 8375 →400 ly apart

Bright stars in Draco

Eltanin →mag 2.2
Athebyne →mag 2.7
Rastaban →mag 2.8
Altais →mag 3.1
Aldhibah →mag 3.2
Edasich →mag 3.3
44Chi Dra →mag 3.5
Thuban →mag 3.7

Can you see it tonight?

BINOCULARS NEEDED

Brightness mag 6.2To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Draco

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.