M-type star · red

HR 5043

HR 5043 is a red in the constellation Centaurus 817 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,577 K, about 0.6 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 186× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.2 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 817 years ago.

817 lybrightness mag 6.17M2III

Also catalogued as HD 116278 · HIP 65311

3,577 K
temperature
6.17
apparent magnitude
186× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
M2III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
817 years
at light speed from Earth
0.62×
as hot as the Sun
186×
the Sun's light output
-0.82
absolute magnitude
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HR 5043M-type
Sky regionCentaurusthis direction
StarHR 4838120 ly
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Brightness mag 6.2To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Centaurus

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.