M-type star · red

HR 4226

HR 4226 is a red in the constellation Carina 2,509 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,551 K, about 0.6 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 1,570× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.3 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 2,509 years ago.

2,509 lybrightness mag 6.29M1II

Also catalogued as HD 93662 · HIP 52797

3,551 K
temperature
6.29
apparent magnitude
1,570× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
M1II
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
2,509 years
at light speed from Earth
0.62×
as hot as the Sun
1,570×
the Sun's light output
-3.14
absolute magnitude
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HR 4226M-type
Sky regionCarinathis direction
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.3To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Carina

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.