M-type star · red

HR 268

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

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 268M-type

Sky regionSculptorthis direction

Nearest stars

HD 3605 →96 ly apart
HR 400 →120 ly apart
HR 43 →170 ly apart
Alp Scl →180 ly apart
HR 85 →190 ly apart
HR 232 →200 ly apart

Bright stars in Sculptor

Alp Scl →mag 4.3
Bet Scl →mag 4.4
Gam Scl →mag 4.4
Del Scl →mag 4.6
Eta Scl →mag 4.9
Zet Scl →mag 5.0
Iot Scl →mag 5.2
The Scl →mag 5.2

Can you see it tonight?

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.