M-type star · red

HR 973

HR 973 is a red in the constellation Perseus 1,066 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,549 K, about 0.6 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 322× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.2 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 1,066 years ago.

1,066 lybrightness mag 6.15M2III

Also catalogued as HD 20162 · HIP 15209

3,549 K
temperature
6.15
apparent magnitude
322× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
M2III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
1,066 years
at light speed from Earth
0.61×
as hot as the Sun
322×
the Sun's light output
-1.42
absolute magnitude
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.2To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Perseus

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.