M-type star · red dwarf

Ross 248

10.3 lybrightness mag 12.29dM6 e

Also catalogued as Gliese Gl 905

3,277 K

temperature

12.29

apparent magnitude

0.0001× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

dM6 e

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

10 years

at light speed from Earth

0.57×

as hot as the Sun

0.0001×

the Sun's light output

14.79

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

Ross 248M-type

Sky regionAndromedathis direction

StarGroombridge 341.9 ly

Nearest stars

Groombridge 34 →1.9 ly apart
Kruger 60 →4.5 ly apart
61 Cyg →5.6 ly apart
61 Cyg →5.6 ly apart
Struve 2398 B →8.5 ly apart
Struve 2398 A →8.6 ly apart

Bright stars in Andromeda

Alpheratz →mag 2.1
Mirach →mag 2.1
Almach →mag 2.1
31Del And →mag 3.3
Nembus →mag 3.6
Alfarasalkamil →mag 3.6
Udkadua →mag 3.8
37Mu And →mag 3.9

Can you see it tonight?

SMALL TELESCOPE NEEDED

Brightness mag 12.3To see it 4-6" (100-150 mm) telescopeLook toward Andromeda

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.