M-type star · red

HR 1187

593 lybrightness mag 5.81K5III

Also catalogued as HD 23978 · HIP 17798

3,646 K

temperature

5.81

apparent magnitude

137× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

K5III

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

593 years

at light speed from Earth

0.63×

as hot as the Sun

137×

the Sun's light output

-0.49

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 1187M-type

Sky regionEridanusthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 1120 →87 ly apart
HR 1288 →94 ly apart
HR 1263 →100 ly apart
HR 957 →110 ly apart
20 Eri →110 ly apart
HR 980 →120 ly apart

Bright stars in Eridanus

Cursa →mag 2.8
Acamar →mag 2.9
Zaurak →mag 3.0
Rana →mag 3.5
41Ups4Eri →mag 3.5
Phi Eri →mag 3.6
Chi Eri →mag 3.7
16Tau4Eri →mag 3.7

Can you see it tonight?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 5.8To see it no equipment neededLook toward Eridanus

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.