M-type star · red

HR 2268

HR 2268 is a red in the constellation Canis Major 571 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,564 K, about 0.6 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 103× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.0 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 571 years ago.

571 lybrightness mag 6.04M1III:

Also catalogued as HD 44021 · HIP 29993

3,564 K

temperature

6.04

apparent magnitude

103× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

M1III:

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

571 years

at light speed from Earth

0.62×

as hot as the Sun

103×

the Sun's light output

-0.18

absolute magnitude

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HR 2268M-type

Sky regionCanis Majorthis direction

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Bright stars in Canis Major

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BINOCULARS NEEDED

Brightness mag 6.0To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Canis Major

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.