M-type star · red

HR 2935

HR 2935 is a red in the constellation Lynx 1,173 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,576 K, about 0.6 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 555× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 5.8 it is bright enough to see with the naked eye; the light you see left it 1,173 years ago.

1,173 lybrightness mag 5.77M0III

Also catalogued as HD 61294 · HIP 37369

3,576 K
temperature
5.77
apparent magnitude
555× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
M0III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
1,173 years
at light speed from Earth
0.62×
as hot as the Sun
555×
the Sun's light output
-2.01
absolute magnitude
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HR 2935M-type
Sky regionLynxthis direction
Star66 Aur88 ly
StarHR 2675240 ly
StarHR 2557250 ly
StarAlpha Lynstar
Star38 Lynstar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Lynx
Can you see it tonight?
VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE
Brightness mag 5.8To see it no equipment neededLook toward Lynx

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.