M-type star · red

Lambda UMi

Lambda UMi is a red in the constellation Ursa Minor 886 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,684 K, about 0.6 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 192× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.3 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 886 years ago.

886 lybrightness mag 6.31M1III

Also catalogued as HR 7394 · HD 183030 · HIP 84535

3,684 K
temperature
6.31
apparent magnitude
192× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
M1III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
886 years
at light speed from Earth
0.64×
as hot as the Sun
192×
the Sun's light output
-0.86
absolute magnitude
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Lambda UMiM-type
Sky regionUrsa Minorthis direction
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.3To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Ursa Minor

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.