M-type star · red

HR 8648

1,254 lybrightness mag 6.14K2

Also catalogued as HD 215159 · HIP 112098

3,602 K

temperature

6.14

apparent magnitude

451× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

1,254 years

at light speed from Earth

0.62×

as hot as the Sun

451×

the Sun's light output

-1.78

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 8648M-type

Sky regionLacertathis direction

Nearest stars

HR 8692 →120 ly apart
HR 8707 →140 ly apart
HR 8519 →160 ly apart
HR 8445 →170 ly apart
1 Cas →180 ly apart
HR 8803 →190 ly apart

Bright stars in Lacerta

Stellio →mag 3.8
1 Lac →mag 4.1
5 Lac →mag 4.3
3Bet Lac →mag 4.4
11 Lac →mag 4.5
6 Lac →mag 4.5
2 Lac →mag 4.5
4 Lac →mag 4.5

Can you see it tonight?

BINOCULARS NEEDED

Brightness mag 6.1To see it 50 mm binocularsLook 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.