M-type star · red

HR 2609

456 lybrightness mag 5.05M2III

Also catalogued as HD 51802 · HIP 37391

3,644 K

temperature

5.05

apparent magnitude

162× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

M2III

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

456 years

at light speed from Earth

0.63×

as hot as the Sun

162×

the Sun's light output

-0.68

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 2609M-type

Sky regionCepheusthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 3108 →35 ly apart
HR 8736 →58 ly apart
HR 2742 →58 ly apart
HD 12918 →61 ly apart
HR 774 →67 ly apart
HR 3847 →71 ly apart

Bright stars in Cepheus

Alderamin →mag 2.5
Errai →mag 3.2
Alfirk →mag 3.2
21Zet Cep →mag 3.4
3Eta Cep →mag 3.4
32Iot Cep →mag 3.5
27Del Cep →mag 4.1
23Eps Cep →mag 4.2

Can you see it tonight?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 5.0To see it no equipment neededLook toward Cepheus

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.