M-type star · red

HD 2268

HD 2268 is a red in the constellation Cetus 1,576 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,619 K, about 0.6 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 649× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.2 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 1,576 years ago.

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
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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.