M-type star · red

HR 7997

HR 7997 is a red in the constellation Microscopium 1,026 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,602 K, about 0.6 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 235× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.4 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 1,026 years ago.

1,026 lybrightness mag 6.41M1III

Also catalogued as HD 198853 · HIP 103168

3,602 K
temperature
6.41
apparent magnitude
235× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
M1III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
1,026 years
at light speed from Earth
0.62×
as hot as the Sun
235×
the Sun's light output
-1.08
absolute magnitude
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HR 7997M-type
Sky regionMicroscopiumthis direction
StarHR 796174 ly
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.4To 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.