M-type star · red

Garnet Star

brightness mag 4.23M2Ia

Also catalogued as Mu Cep · HR 8316 · HD 206936 · HIP 107259

2,937 K

temperature

4.23

apparent magnitude

177,010,896× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

M2Ia

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

–

at light speed from Earth

0.51×

as hot as the Sun

177,010,896×

the Sun's light output

-15.77

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

Garnet StarM-type

Sky regionCepheusthis direction

Star10Nu Cep13,000 ly

Nearest stars

10Nu Cep →13,000 ly apart
13 Cep →15,000 ly apart
HR 8374 →18,000 ly apart
9 Cep →19,000 ly apart
HR 8119 →24,000 ly apart
HD 212466 →34,000 ly apart

Bright stars in Cepheus

Alderamin →mag 2.5
Errai →mag 3.2
Alfirk →mag 3.2
21Zet Cep →mag 3.4
3Eta Cep →mag 3.4
32Iot Cep →mag 3.5
27Del Cep →mag 4.1
23Eps Cep →mag 4.2

Can you see it tonight?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 4.2To see it no equipment neededLook toward Cepheus

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.