M-type star · red

HR 268

HR 268 is a red in the constellation Sculptor 954 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,549 K, about 0.6 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 268× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.1 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 954 years ago.

954 lybrightness mag 6.11M1/M2III

Also catalogued as HD 5445 · HIP 4363

3,549 K
temperature
6.11
apparent magnitude
268× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
M1/M2III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
954 years
at light speed from Earth
0.61×
as hot as the Sun
268×
the Sun's light output
-1.22
absolute magnitude
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HR 268M-type
Sky regionSculptorthis direction
StarHD 360596 ly
StarHR 400120 ly
StarHR 43170 ly
StarBeta Sclstar
StarGamma Sclstar
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.1To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Sculptor

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.