M-type star · red

HD 202466

HD 202466 is a red in the constellation Aquarius 1,656 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,632 K, about 0.6 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 590× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.5 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 1,656 years ago.

1,656 lybrightness mag 6.45M4III:

Also catalogued as HIP 105019

3,632 K
temperature
6.45
apparent magnitude
590× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
M4III:
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
1,656 years
at light speed from Earth
0.63×
as hot as the Sun
590×
the Sun's light output
-2.08
absolute magnitude
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HD 202466M-type
Sky regionAquariusthis direction
StarHR 8054260 ly
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Bright stars in Aquarius
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.5To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Aquarius

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.