M-type star · red dwarf

Wolf 359

Wolf 359 is a red dwarf in the constellation Leo 7.8 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,169 K, about 0.5 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 0.00002× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 13.4 it is within reach of 10"+ (250 mm) telescope, dark sky; the light you see left it 8 years ago.

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7.8 lybrightness mag 13.45M6

Also catalogued as Gliese Gl 406

3,169 K
temperature
13.45
apparent magnitude
0.00002× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
M6
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
8 years
at light speed from Earth
0.55×
as hot as the Sun
0.00002×
the Sun's light output
16.56
absolute magnitude
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Can you see it tonight?
LARGE TELESCOPE NEEDED
Brightness mag 13.4To see it 10"+ (250 mm) telescope, dark skyLook toward Leo

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.