M-type star · red

HR 2999

HR 2999 is a red in the constellation Lynx 433 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,666 K, about 0.6 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 134× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 5.2 it is bright enough to see with the naked eye; the light you see left it 433 years ago.

433 lybrightness mag 5.15M3III

Also catalogued as HD 62647 · HIP 37946

3,666 K
temperature
5.15
apparent magnitude
134× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
M3III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
433 years
at light speed from Earth
0.64×
as hot as the Sun
134×
the Sun's light output
-0.47
absolute magnitude
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HR 2999M-type
Sky regionLynxthis direction
StarHD 5982652 ly
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Nearest stars
Bright stars in Lynx
Can you see it tonight?
VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE
Brightness mag 5.2To 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.