M-type star · red

HR 556

921 lybrightness mag 5.89K5III

Also catalogued as HD 11727 · HIP 9001

3,650 K

temperature

5.89

apparent magnitude

306× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

K5III

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

921 years

at light speed from Earth

0.63×

as hot as the Sun

306×

the Sun's light output

-1.36

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 556M-type

Sky regionAndromedathis direction

Nearest stars

HR 438 →120 ly apart
45 And →190 ly apart
11 Ari →190 ly apart
14 Per →200 ly apart
HR 679 →210 ly apart
53Tau And →220 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?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 5.9To see it no equipment neededLook 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.