Andromeda
Log inJoin

Star

Hind's Crimson Star

Also R Leporis · R Lep

Open in Ouranos

A carbon star so red that John Russell Hind compared it to a drop of blood when he found it in 1845.

Measured

Distance
1,488 light-years
Constellation
Lepus
Position (J2000)
RA 4h 59m 36s, Dec −14.81°

How far, from the Sun

1,490 light-years. To cross it:

  • Light1,490 years
  • Voyager 1's speed26.4 million years
  • Driving at 100 km/h16.1 billion years

Voyager 1 at the speed it moved outward over the year to 2026-10-25 (JPL Horizons). Driving: nonstop, never refuelling.

Facts

  • It pulses in brightness over about 14 months.
  • Carbon molecules in its atmosphere absorb its blue light.

Where this comes from

  • Gaia DR3 parallax 2.1914 ± 0.0602 mas, Gaia DR3 2987082722815713792 (Gaia Collaboration 2023, A&A 674, A1)
  • This research has made use of the SIMBAD database, CDS, Strasbourg, France (Wenger et al. 2000, A&AS 143, 9).
  • This research has made use of the VizieR catalogue access tool, CDS, Strasbourg, France (DOI: 10.26093/cds/vizier).

Every catalogue Ouranos draws is credited on the credits page.