M-type star · red

HR 8306

642 lybrightness mag 5.51M2III

Also catalogued as HD 206749 · HIP 107235

3,628 K

temperature

5.51

apparent magnitude

211× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

M2III

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

642 years

at light speed from Earth

0.63×

as hot as the Sun

211×

the Sun's light output

-0.96

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 8306M-type

Sky regionCygnusthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 8422 →64 ly apart
HR 8298 →68 ly apart
HR 8424 →71 ly apart
HR 8336 →79 ly apart
1 Lac →82 ly apart
HR 8262 →86 ly apart

Bright stars in Cygnus

Sadr →mag 2.2
Aljanah →mag 2.5
Fawaris →mag 2.9
64Zet Cyg →mag 3.2
62Xi Cyg →mag 3.7
65Tau Cyg →mag 3.7
10Iot2Cyg →mag 3.8
1Kap Cyg →mag 3.8

Can you see it tonight?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 5.5To see it no equipment neededLook toward Cygnus

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.