M-type star · red

HR 1964

HR 1964 is a red in the constellation Mensa 1,087 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,494 K, about 0.6 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 467× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 5.8 it is bright enough to see with the naked eye; the light you see left it 1,087 years ago.

1,087 lybrightness mag 5.79M2/M3III

Also catalogued as HD 37993 · HIP 26169

3,494 K
temperature
5.79
apparent magnitude
467× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
M2/M3III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
1,087 years
at light speed from Earth
0.61×
as hot as the Sun
467×
the Sun's light output
-1.82
absolute magnitude
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HR 1964M-type
Sky regionMensathis direction
StarHR 2979180 ly
StarHR 1598190 ly
StarHR 2073190 ly
StarHoerikwaggostar
StarGamma Menstar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Mensa
Can you see it tonight?
VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE
Brightness mag 5.8To see it no equipment neededLook toward Mensa

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.