M-type star · red

HD 214983

HD 214983 is a red in the constellation Aquarius 688 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,693 K, about 0.6 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 119× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.3 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 688 years ago.

688 lybrightness mag 6.28M0

Also catalogued as HIP 112078

3,693 K
temperature
6.28
apparent magnitude
119× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
M0
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
688 years
at light speed from Earth
0.64×
as hot as the Sun
119×
the Sun's light output
-0.34
absolute magnitude
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HD 214983M-type
Sky regionAquariusthis direction
Star78 Aqr47 ly
StarHR 8836130 ly
StarChi Aqr130 ly
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Bright stars in Aquarius
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.3To 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.