M-type star · red

HR 8950

HR 8950 is a red in the constellation Andromeda 759 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,669 K, about 0.6 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 159× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.2 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 758 years ago.

759 lybrightness mag 6.18K5

Also catalogued as HD 221776 · HIP 116365

3,669 K
temperature
6.18
apparent magnitude
159× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K5
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
758 years
at light speed from Earth
0.64×
as hot as the Sun
159×
the Sun's light output
-0.65
absolute magnitude
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Brightness mag 6.2To 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.