M-type star · red

HD 220524

HD 220524 is a red in the constellation Andromeda 956 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,513 K, about 0.6 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 212× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.4 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 956 years ago.

956 lybrightness mag 6.37M0

Also catalogued as HIP 115530

3,513 K
temperature
6.37
apparent magnitude
212× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
M0
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
956 years
at light speed from Earth
0.61×
as hot as the Sun
212×
the Sun's light output
-0.97
absolute magnitude
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HD 220524M-type
Sky regionAndromedathis direction
StarHR 8706110 ly
StarPsi And120 ly
StarHR 8873120 ly
StarAlpheratzstar
StarMirachstar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Andromeda
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.4To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Andromeda

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.