M-type star · red

HR 8057

HR 8057 is a red in the constellation Delphinus 801 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,541 K, about 0.6 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 154× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.3 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 801 years ago.

801 lybrightness mag 6.33M1III

Also catalogued as HD 200430 · HIP 103891

3,541 K
temperature
6.33
apparent magnitude
154× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
M1III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
801 years
at light speed from Earth
0.61×
as hot as the Sun
154×
the Sun's light output
-0.62
absolute magnitude
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HR 8057M-type
Sky regionDelphinusthis direction
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.3To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Delphinus

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.