M-type star · red

HD 41782

HD 41782 is a red in the constellation Camelopardalis 1,182 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,518 K, about 0.6 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 292× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.5 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 1,182 years ago.

1,182 lybrightness mag 6.48M0

Also catalogued as HIP 29348

3,518 K
temperature
6.48
apparent magnitude
292× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
M0
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
1,182 years
at light speed from Earth
0.61×
as hot as the Sun
292×
the Sun's light output
-1.31
absolute magnitude
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HD 41782M-type
Sky regionCamelopardalisthis direction
StarHR 2081240 ly
StarHR 2617240 ly
Star7 Lyn240 ly
StarBeta Camstar
StarAlpha Camstar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Camelopardalis
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.5To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Camelopardalis

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.