M-type star · red

HR 8424

HR 8424 is a red in the constellation Lacerta 609 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,694 K, about 0.6 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 279× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 5.1 it is bright enough to see with the naked eye; the light you see left it 608 years ago.

609 lybrightness mag 5.09K5III

Also catalogued as HD 209945 · HIP 109102

3,694 K
temperature
5.09
apparent magnitude
279× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K5III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
608 years
at light speed from Earth
0.64×
as hot as the Sun
279×
the Sun's light output
-1.26
absolute magnitude
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HR 8424M-type
Sky regionLacertathis direction
StarHR 842232 ly
Star2 Lac62 ly
StarHR 826267 ly
StarStelliostar
Star1 Lacstar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Lacerta
Can you see it tonight?
VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE
Brightness mag 5.1To see it no equipment neededLook toward Lacerta

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.