M-type star · red

HR 2608

HR 2608 is a red in the constellation Puppis 861 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,557 K, about 0.6 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 641× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 4.9 it is bright enough to see with the naked eye; the light you see left it 861 years ago.

861 lybrightness mag 4.94M1III

Also catalogued as HD 51799 · HIP 33357

3,557 K
temperature
4.94
apparent magnitude
641× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
M1III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
861 years
at light speed from Earth
0.62×
as hot as the Sun
641×
the Sun's light output
-2.17
absolute magnitude
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HR 2608M-type
Sky regionPuppisthis direction
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Bright stars in Puppis
Can you see it tonight?
VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE
Brightness mag 4.9To see it no equipment neededLook toward Puppis

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.