M-type star · red

HR 201

HR 201 is a red in the constellation Cetus 828 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,578 K, about 0.6 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 195× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.2 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 828 years ago.

828 lybrightness mag 6.15M0III

Also catalogued as HD 4301 · HIP 3552

3,578 K
temperature
6.15
apparent magnitude
195× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
M0III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
828 years
at light speed from Earth
0.62×
as hot as the Sun
195×
the Sun's light output
-0.87
absolute magnitude
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.2To 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.