M-type star · red

HR 4278

828 lybrightness mag 5.99M2III

Also catalogued as HD 95129 · HIP 53726

3,656 K

temperature

5.99

apparent magnitude

226× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

M2III

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

828 years

at light speed from Earth

0.63×

as hot as the Sun

226×

the Sun's light output

-1.03

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 4278M-type

Sky regionUrsa Majorthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 4184 →83 ly apart
32 LMi →120 ly apart
HR 4482 →120 ly apart
HR 4280 →140 ly apart
34 LMi →160 ly apart
HR 4562 →180 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?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 6.0To see it no equipment neededLook 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.