M-type star · red

HD 196829

HD 196829 is a red in the constellation Microscopium 1,144 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,671 K, about 0.6 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 330× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.3 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 1,144 years ago.

1,144 lybrightness mag 6.28M3II

Also catalogued as HIP 102096

3,671 K
temperature
6.28
apparent magnitude
330× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
M3II
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
1,144 years
at light speed from Earth
0.64×
as hot as the Sun
330×
the Sun's light output
-1.45
absolute magnitude
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HD 196829M-type
Sky regionMicroscopiumthis direction
StarHR 7627150 ly
StarHR 7728180 ly
StarHR 7745210 ly
StarGamma Micstar
StarEpsilon Micstar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Microscopium
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.3To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Microscopium

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.