M-type star · red

HR 8889

HR 8889 is a red in the constellation Tucana 849 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,645 K, about 0.6 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 218× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.1 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 849 years ago.

849 lybrightness mag 6.08M3III

Also catalogued as HD 220263 · HIP 115433

3,645 K
temperature
6.08
apparent magnitude
218× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
M3III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
849 years
at light speed from Earth
0.63×
as hot as the Sun
218×
the Sun's light output
-1.00
absolute magnitude
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HR 8889M-type
Sky regionTucanathis direction
StarHR 862090 ly
StarHR 8996140 ly
StarHD 215562150 ly
StarLang-Exsterstar
StarGamma Tucstar
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Bright stars in Tucana
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.1To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Tucana

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.