M-type star · red dwarf

Proxima Centauri

4.2 lybrightness mag 11.01M5Ve

Also catalogued as HIP 70890 · Gliese Gl 551

3,383 K

temperature

11.01

apparent magnitude

0.00006× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

M5Ve

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

4 years

at light speed from Earth

0.59×

as hot as the Sun

0.00006×

the Sun's light output

15.45

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

Proxima CentauriM-type

Sky regionCentaurusthis direction

StarBarnard's Star6.5 ly

Nearest stars

Barnard's Star →6.5 ly apart
Ross 154 →8.2 ly apart
Wolf 359 →8.2 ly apart
Eps Ind →9.7 ly apart
Lacaille 9352 →10 ly apart
Lalande 21185 →10 ly apart

Bright stars in Centaurus

Menkent →mag 2.1
Gam Cen →mag 2.2
Eps Cen →mag 2.3
Eta Cen →mag 2.3
Leepwal →mag 2.5
Del Cen →mag 2.6
Kulou →mag 2.8
Lam Cen →mag 3.1

Can you see it tonight?

SMALL TELESCOPE NEEDED

Brightness mag 11.0To see it 4-6" (100-150 mm) telescopeLook toward Centaurus

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.