M-type star · red

HR 4346

HR 4346 is a red in the constellation Hydra 919 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,538 K, about 0.6 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 199× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.3 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 919 years ago.

919 lybrightness mag 6.35M2/M3III

Also catalogued as HD 97393 · HIP 54725

3,538 K
temperature
6.35
apparent magnitude
199× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
M2/M3III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
919 years
at light speed from Earth
0.61×
as hot as the Sun
199×
the Sun's light output
-0.90
absolute magnitude
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HR 4346M-type
Sky regionHydrathis direction
StarHR 4183120 ly
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.3To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Hydra

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.