M-type star · red

HR 4008

2,132 lybrightness mag 6.18M0IIIvar

Also catalogued as HD 88651 · HIP 50222

3,620 K

temperature

6.18

apparent magnitude

1,255× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

M0IIIvar

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

2,132 years

at light speed from Earth

0.63×

as hot as the Sun

1,255×

the Sun's light output

-2.90

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 4008M-type

Sky regionUrsa Majorthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 3608 →800 ly apart
HR 4195 →920 ly apart
HR 3722 →970 ly apart
HR 4103 →1,000 ly apart
HD 92000 →1,100 ly apart
HR 3934 →1,100 ly apart

Bright stars in Ursa Major

Alioth →mag 1.8
Dubhe →mag 1.8
Alkaid →mag 1.9
Merak →mag 2.3
Phecda →mag 2.4
52Psi UMa →mag 3.0
Tania Australis →mag 3.1
Talitha →mag 3.1

Can you see it tonight?

BINOCULARS NEEDED

Brightness mag 6.2To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Ursa Major

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.