About
this Object Discovered in 1845 by JR Hind, Hinds Crimson Star is a carbon type star which has a fairly cool temperature of 2240-2290 deg Kelvin. The ratio of carbon to oxygen has been reversed from the normal main sequence resulting in a deep red appearance. Hinds Crimson Star, also known at R Leporus, resides in the constellation Lepus. Its reported distance from us is 1100 light years. Interestingly R Leporus is huge and has a radius of 480-535 times our sun's radius which means that if it was our star, its outer shell would extend half way to Jupiter. Some other facinating details about this star can be found here: http://www.astro.uiuc.edu/~kaler/sow/hinds.html
