M-type star · red

HR 977

HR 977 is a red in the constellation Horologium 1,049 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 2,788 K, about 0.5 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 468× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 5.7 it is bright enough to see with the naked eye; the light you see left it 1,049 years ago.

1,049 lybrightness mag 5.71C5II

Also catalogued as HD 20234 · HIP 14930

2,788 K
temperature
5.71
apparent magnitude
468× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
C5II
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
1,049 years
at light speed from Earth
0.48×
as hot as the Sun
468×
the Sun's light output
-1.83
absolute magnitude
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HR 977M-type
Sky regionHorologiumthis direction
StarHR 871160 ly
StarHR 1092240 ly
StarHR 929260 ly
StarAlpha Horstar
StarDelta Horstar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Horologium
Can you see it tonight?
VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE
Brightness mag 5.7To see it no equipment neededLook toward Horologium

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.