M-type star · red

HR 4622

HR 4622 is a red in the constellation Crux 2,812 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,474 K, about 0.6 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 2,105× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.2 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 2,812 years ago.

2,812 lybrightness mag 6.22K3/K4II

Also catalogued as HD 105437 · HIP 59200

3,474 K
temperature
6.22
apparent magnitude
2,105× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K3/K4II
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
2,812 years
at light speed from Earth
0.60×
as hot as the Sun
2,105×
the Sun's light output
-3.46
absolute magnitude
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Brightness mag 6.2To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Crux

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.