M-type star · red

HR 8378

HR 8378 is a red in the constellation Capricornus 1,052 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,620 K, about 0.6 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 341× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.1 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 1,052 years ago.

1,052 lybrightness mag 6.06M2III

Also catalogued as HD 208735 · HIP 108494

3,620 K
temperature
6.06
apparent magnitude
341× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
M2III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
1,052 years
at light speed from Earth
0.63×
as hot as the Sun
341×
the Sun's light output
-1.48
absolute magnitude
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.1To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Capricornus

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.