M-type star · red

HR 1009

HR 1009 is a red in the constellation Camelopardalis 2,051 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,130 K, about 0.5 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 3,056× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 5.1 it is bright enough to see with the naked eye; the light you see left it 2,051 years ago.

2,051 lybrightness mag 5.13M0II

Also catalogued as HD 20797 · HIP 15890

3,130 K
temperature
5.13
apparent magnitude
3,056× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
M0II
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
2,051 years
at light speed from Earth
0.54×
as hot as the Sun
3,056×
the Sun's light output
-3.86
absolute magnitude
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HR 1009M-type
Sky regionCamelopardalisthis direction
StarHR 1112180 ly
StarHR 1035200 ly
StarHR 1242260 ly
StarBeta Camstar
StarAlpha Camstar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Camelopardalis
Can you see it tonight?
VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE
Brightness mag 5.1To see it no equipment neededLook toward Camelopardalis

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.