M-type star · red

HR 8897

HR 8897 is a red in the constellation Pisces 674 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,673 K, about 0.6 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 109× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.3 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 674 years ago.

674 lybrightness mag 6.33K2

Also catalogued as HD 220406 · HIP 115476

3,673 K
temperature
6.33
apparent magnitude
109× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K2
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
674 years
at light speed from Earth
0.64×
as hot as the Sun
109×
the Sun's light output
-0.25
absolute magnitude
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HR 8897M-type
Sky regionPiscesthis direction
Star13 Psc30 ly
StarHR 904797 ly
Star3 Psc110 ly
StarAlphergstar
StarGamma Pscstar
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Brightness mag 6.3To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Pisces

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.