M-type star · red

HR 2337

HR 2337 is a red in the constellation Pictor 1,102 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,632 K, about 0.6 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 300× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.3 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 1,102 years ago.

1,102 lybrightness mag 6.30M1III

Also catalogued as HD 45461 · HIP 30352

3,632 K
temperature
6.30
apparent magnitude
300× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
M1III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
1,102 years
at light speed from Earth
0.63×
as hot as the Sun
300×
the Sun's light output
-1.34
absolute magnitude
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HR 2337M-type
Sky regionPictorthis direction
StarHR 207373 ly
StarBeta Dor140 ly
StarHR 2410140 ly
StarAlpha Picstar
StarGamma Picstar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Pictor
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.3To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Pictor

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.