M-type star · red

HR 18

1,885 lybrightness mag 6.11M0/M1IIICNp

Also catalogued as HD 402 · HIP 696

3,562 K

temperature

6.11

apparent magnitude

1,047× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

M0/M1IIICNp

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

1,885 years

at light speed from Earth

0.62×

as hot as the Sun

1,047×

the Sun's light output

-2.70

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 18M-type

Sky regionCetusthis direction

Nearest stars

3 Cet →320 ly apart
HD 2268 →340 ly apart
HR 8928 →570 ly apart
HR 8869 →590 ly apart
HR 42 →640 ly apart
82 Aqr →710 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 6.1To 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.