M-type star · red

HR 304

867 lybrightness mag 6.25M2III

Also catalogued as HD 6311 · HIP 4879

3,602 K

temperature

6.25

apparent magnitude

195× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

M2III

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

867 years

at light speed from Earth

0.62×

as hot as the Sun

195×

the Sun's light output

-0.87

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 304M-type

Sky regionTucanathis direction

Nearest stars

HR 420 →54 ly apart
Pi 1Hyi →140 ly apart
HR 257 →160 ly apart
HR 722 →160 ly apart
HR 468 →170 ly apart
HR 160 →180 ly apart

Bright stars in Tucana

Lang-Exster →mag 2.9
Gam Tuc →mag 4.0
Zet Tuc →mag 4.2
Kap Tuc →mag 4.3
Bet1Tuc →mag 4.4
Eps Tuc →mag 4.5
Del Tuc →mag 4.5
Bet2Tuc →mag 4.5

Can you see it tonight?

BINOCULARS NEEDED

Brightness mag 6.3To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Tucana

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.