M-type star · red

HR 18

HR 18 is a red in the constellation Cetus 1,885 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,562 K, about 0.6 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 1,047× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.1 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 1,885 years ago.

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
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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.