M-type star · red

HR 8953

HR 8953 is a red in the constellation Pegasus 909 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,512 K, about 0.6 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 179× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.4 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 909 years ago.

909 lybrightness mag 6.44M1III

Also catalogued as HD 221905 · HIP 116465

3,512 K
temperature
6.44
apparent magnitude
179× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
M1III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
909 years
at light speed from Earth
0.61×
as hot as the Sun
179×
the Sun's light output
-0.79
absolute magnitude
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HR 8953M-type
Sky regionPegasusthis direction
StarHR 894259 ly
Star61 Peg99 ly
Star64 Peg140 ly
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.4To 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.