M-type star · red

HR 955

HR 955 is a red in the constellation Eridanus 863 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,555 K, about 0.6 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 226× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.1 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 863 years ago.

863 lybrightness mag 6.08M1III

Also catalogued as HD 19836 · HIP 14819

3,555 K
temperature
6.08
apparent magnitude
226× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
M1III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
863 years
at light speed from Earth
0.62×
as hot as the Sun
226×
the Sun's light output
-1.03
absolute magnitude
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.1To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Eridanus

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.