M-type star · red

HR 2203

HR 2203 is a red in the constellation Columba 852 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,561 K, about 0.6 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 361× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 5.5 it is bright enough to see with the naked eye; the light you see left it 852 years ago.

852 lybrightness mag 5.54M2II/III

Also catalogued as HD 42682 · HIP 29263

3,561 K
temperature
5.54
apparent magnitude
361× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
M2II/III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
852 years
at light speed from Earth
0.62×
as hot as the Sun
361×
the Sun's light output
-1.54
absolute magnitude
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HR 2203M-type
Sky regionColumbathis direction
StarGamma Col87 ly
StarHR 2211120 ly
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Nearest stars
Bright stars in Columba
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VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE
Brightness mag 5.5To see it no equipment neededLook toward Columba

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.