M-type star · red dwarf

Onkaria

Onkaria is a red dwarf in the constellation Ophiuchus 42.1 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,465 K, about 0.6 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 0.0002× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 14.7 it is within reach of 10"+ (250 mm) telescope, dark sky; the light you see left it 42 years ago.

42.1 lybrightness mag 14.67m

Also catalogued as Gliese GJ 1214

3,465 K
temperature
14.67
apparent magnitude
0.0002× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
m
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
42 years
at light speed from Earth
0.60×
as hot as the Sun
0.0002×
the Sun's light output
14.11
absolute magnitude
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Brightness mag 14.7To see it 10"+ (250 mm) telescope, dark skyLook toward Ophiuchus

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.