M-type star · red

HR 79

626 lybrightness mag 5.79K5III

Also catalogued as HD 1632 · HIP 1657

3,656 K

temperature

5.79

apparent magnitude

155× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

K5III

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

626 years

at light speed from Earth

0.63×

as hot as the Sun

155×

the Sun's light output

-0.63

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 79M-type

Sky regionAndromedathis direction

Nearest stars

29Pi And →46 ly apart
HR 71 →84 ly apart
HR 9109 →84 ly apart
HR 75 →98 ly apart
HD 225292 →100 ly apart
68 Psc →100 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 5.8To 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.