K-type star · orange dwarf

Ross 686

80.0 lybrightness mag 12.68dM4

Also catalogued as Gliese Gl 333.2A

3,839 K

temperature

12.68

apparent magnitude

0.004× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

dM4

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

80 years

at light speed from Earth

0.67×

as hot as the Sun

0.004×

the Sun's light output

10.73

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

Ross 686K-type

Sky regionHydrathis direction

Nearest stars

HR 3395 →9.2 ly apart
Ross 687 →12 ly apart
81Pi 1Cnc →19 ly apart
1 Hya →20 ly apart
Tegmine →24 ly apart
Kaewkosin →25 ly apart

Bright stars in Hydra

46Gam Hya →mag 3.0
16Zet Hya →mag 3.1
Nu Hya →mag 3.1
49Pi Hya →mag 3.3
Ashlesha →mag 3.4
Xi Hya →mag 3.5
41Lam Hya →mag 3.6
42Mu Hya →mag 3.8

Can you see it tonight?

MID-SIZE TELESCOPE NEEDED

Brightness mag 12.7To see it 8-10" (200-250 mm) telescopeLook toward Hydra

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.