M-type star · red

HR 2976

HR 2976 is a red in the constellation Puppis 882 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,589 K, about 0.6 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 219× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.2 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 881 years ago.

882 lybrightness mag 6.16M0/M1III

Also catalogued as HD 62082 · HIP 37465

3,589 K
temperature
6.16
apparent magnitude
219× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
M0/M1III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
881 years
at light speed from Earth
0.62×
as hot as the Sun
219×
the Sun's light output
-1.00
absolute magnitude
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HR 2976M-type
Sky regionPuppisthis direction
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.2To see it 50 mm binocularsLook 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.