M-type star · red

HD 114975

HD 114975 is a red in the constellation Canes Venatici 1,673 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,627 K, about 0.6 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 575× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.5 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 1,673 years ago.

1,673 lybrightness mag 6.50M0

Also catalogued as HIP 64530

3,627 K
temperature
6.50
apparent magnitude
575× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
M0
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
1,673 years
at light speed from Earth
0.63×
as hot as the Sun
575×
the Sun's light output
-2.05
absolute magnitude
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HD 114975M-type
Sky regionCanes Venaticithis direction
Star15 CVn470 ly
StarHR 5052510 ly
StarHD 121197550 ly
StarCor Carolistar
StarCharastar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Canes Venatici
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.5To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Canes Venatici

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.