M-type star · red

HR 284

HR 284 is a red in the constellation Pisces 1,084 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,576 K, about 0.6 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 336× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.1 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 1,084 years ago.

1,084 lybrightness mag 6.14M2III

Also catalogued as HD 5820 · HIP 4655

3,576 K
temperature
6.14
apparent magnitude
336× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
M2III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
1,084 years
at light speed from Earth
0.62×
as hot as the Sun
336×
the Sun's light output
-1.47
absolute magnitude
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HR 284M-type
Sky regionPiscesthis direction
Star53 Psc200 ly
StarHD 9889230 ly
StarHD 9690260 ly
StarAlphergstar
StarGamma Pscstar
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Bright stars in Pisces
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.1To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Pisces

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.