M-type star · red

HD 2268

1,576 lybrightness mag 6.24M1III

Also catalogued as HIP 2086

3,619 K

temperature

6.24

apparent magnitude

649× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

M1III

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

1,576 years

at light speed from Earth

0.63×

as hot as the Sun

649×

the Sun's light output

-2.18

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HD 2268M-type

Sky regionCetusthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 18 →340 ly apart
HR 42 →340 ly apart
HR 8869 →450 ly apart
HD 1879 →480 ly apart
HR 8928 →500 ly apart
3 Cet →600 ly apart

Bright stars in Cetus

Diphda →mag 2.0
Menkar →mag 2.5
31Eta Cet →mag 3.5
Kaffaljidhma →mag 3.5
52Tau Cet →mag 3.5
8Iot Cet →mag 3.6
45The Cet →mag 3.6
Baten Kaitos →mag 3.7

Can you see it tonight?

BINOCULARS NEEDED

Brightness mag 6.2To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Cetus

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.