M-type star · red

HR 861

2,281 lybrightness mag 6.17K3Ibvar

Also catalogued as HD 17958 · HIP 13700

3,176 K

temperature

6.17

apparent magnitude

1,449× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

K3Ibvar

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

2,281 years

at light speed from Earth

0.55×

as hot as the Sun

1,449×

the Sun's light output

-3.05

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 861M-type

Sky regionCassiopeiathis direction

Nearest stars

HR 1009 →260 ly apart
HD 19243 →320 ly apart
HR 1112 →340 ly apart
HR 1040 →360 ly apart
HR 1035 →400 ly apart
HR 1242 →430 ly apart

Bright stars in Cassiopeia

Cih →mag 2.1
Schedar →mag 2.2
Caph →mag 2.3
Ruchbah →mag 2.7
Segin →mag 3.4
Achird →mag 3.5
Fulu →mag 3.7
50 Cas →mag 4.0

Can you see it tonight?

BINOCULARS NEEDED

Brightness mag 6.2To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Cassiopeia

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.