M-type star · red

HD 46037

HD 46037 is a red in the constellation Canis Major 1,052 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,538 K, about 0.6 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 241× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.4 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 1,052 years ago.

1,052 lybrightness mag 6.44M0/M1III

Also catalogued as HIP 30988

3,538 K
temperature
6.44
apparent magnitude
241× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
M0/M1III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
1,052 years
at light speed from Earth
0.61×
as hot as the Sun
241×
the Sun's light output
-1.10
absolute magnitude
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HD 46037M-type
Sky regionCanis Majorthis direction
StarHR 243368 ly
StarHR 2450120 ly
StarHR 2311120 ly
StarAdharastar
StarWezenstar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Canis Major
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.4To 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.