M-type star · red

HR 8952

2,104 lybrightness mag 5.86K0Ib

Also catalogued as HD 221861 · HIP 116380

3,540 K

temperature

5.86

apparent magnitude

1,641× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

K0Ib

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

2,104 years

at light speed from Earth

0.61×

as hot as the Sun

1,641×

the Sun's light output

-3.19

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 8952M-type

Sky regionCepheusthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 8886 →360 ly apart
19 Cep →460 ly apart
HR 292 →500 ly apart
HR 8384 →510 ly apart
HR 9097 →510 ly apart
6 Cep →510 ly apart

Bright stars in Cepheus

Alderamin →mag 2.5
Errai →mag 3.2
Alfirk →mag 3.2
21Zet Cep →mag 3.4
3Eta Cep →mag 3.4
32Iot Cep →mag 3.5
27Del Cep →mag 4.1
23Eps Cep →mag 4.2

Can you see it tonight?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 5.9To see it no equipment neededLook toward Cepheus

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.