M-type star · red

HR 973

1,066 lybrightness mag 6.15M2III

Also catalogued as HD 20162 · HIP 15209

3,549 K

temperature

6.15

apparent magnitude

322× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

M2III

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

1,066 years

at light speed from Earth

0.61×

as hot as the Sun

322×

the Sun's light output

-1.42

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 973M-type

Sky regionPerseusthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 865 →74 ly apart
HR 1127 →110 ly apart
14 Per →130 ly apart
HR 1072 →150 ly apart
HR 846 →170 ly apart
HR 1051 →180 ly apart

Bright stars in Perseus

Mirfak →mag 1.8
44Zet Per →mag 2.8
45Eps Per →mag 2.9
23Gam Per →mag 2.9
39Del Per →mag 3.0
25Rho Per →mag 3.3
Miram →mag 3.8
41Nu Per →mag 3.8

Can you see it tonight?

BINOCULARS NEEDED

Brightness mag 6.2To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Perseus

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.