M-type star · red

HD 108395

HD 108395 is a red in the constellation Crux 863 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,632 K, about 0.6 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 176× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.3 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 863 years ago.

863 lybrightness mag 6.35K4III

Also catalogued as HIP 60780

3,632 K
temperature
6.35
apparent magnitude
176× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K4III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
863 years
at light speed from Earth
0.63×
as hot as the Sun
176×
the Sun's light output
-0.76
absolute magnitude
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HD 108395M-type
Sky regionCruxthis direction
StarTheta² Cru84 ly
StarHR 4823100 ly
StarHR 4499110 ly
StarGacruxstar
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Brightness mag 6.3To 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.