M-type star · red

HR 8942

HR 8942 is a red in the constellation Pegasus 906 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,576 K, about 0.6 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 244× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.1 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 906 years ago.

906 lybrightness mag 6.10M3III

Also catalogued as HD 221662 · HIP 116307

3,576 K
temperature
6.10
apparent magnitude
244× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
M3III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
906 years
at light speed from Earth
0.62×
as hot as the Sun
244×
the Sun's light output
-1.12
absolute magnitude
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HR 8942M-type
Sky regionPegasusthis direction
StarHR 895359 ly
Star61 Peg140 ly
Star64 Peg190 ly
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.1To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Pegasus

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.