M-type star · red dwarf
Kruger 60
Kruger 60 is a red dwarf in the constellation Cepheus 13.0 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,631 K, about 0.6 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 0.002× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 9.6 it is within reach of 4-6" (100-150 mm) telescope; the light you see left it 13 years ago.
Also catalogued as HD 239960 · HIP 110893 · Gliese Gl 860A
3,631 K
temperature
9.59
apparent magnitude
0.002× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
M2V
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
13 years
at light speed from Earth
0.63×
as hot as the Sun
0.002×
the Sun's light output
11.58
absolute magnitude
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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.