M-type star · red dwarf

Solaris

Solaris is a red dwarf in the constellation Pegasus 158 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,634 K, about 0.6 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 0.25× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 9.8 it is within reach of 4-6" (100-150 mm) telescope; the light you see left it 158 years ago.

158 lybrightness mag 9.78K5

Also catalogued as HIP 104780

3,634 K
temperature
9.78
apparent magnitude
0.25× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K5
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
158 years
at light speed from Earth
0.63×
as hot as the Sun
0.25×
the Sun's light output
6.36
absolute magnitude
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SolarisM-type
Sky regionPegasusthis direction
Star1 Peg15 ly
StarHR 821016 ly
StarHR 833023 ly
StarEnifstar
StarScheatstar
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Bright stars in Pegasus
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Brightness mag 9.8To see it 4-6" (100-150 mm) telescopeLook toward Pegasus

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.