M-type star · red

HR 7944

1,098 lybrightness mag 5.91M3III

Also catalogued as HD 197939 · HIP 102358

3,590 K

temperature

5.91

apparent magnitude

427× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

M3III

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

1,098 years

at light speed from Earth

0.62×

as hot as the Sun

427×

the Sun's light output

-1.73

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 7944M-type

Sky regionCepheusthis direction

Nearest stars

HD 191892 →100 ly apart
HR 8040 →120 ly apart
HR 8150 →140 ly apart
HD 203265 →140 ly apart
HR 8224 →150 ly apart
HR 8029 →150 ly apart

Bright stars in Cepheus

Alderamin →mag 2.5
Errai →mag 3.2
Alfirk →mag 3.2
21Zet Cep →mag 3.4
3Eta Cep →mag 3.4
32Iot Cep →mag 3.5
27Del Cep →mag 4.1
23Eps Cep →mag 4.2

Can you see it tonight?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 5.9To see it no equipment neededLook toward Cepheus

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.