M-type star · red

HR 5043

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

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 5043M-type

Sky regionCentaurusthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 4838 →120 ly apart
HR 5089 →130 ly apart
HR 4857 →170 ly apart
HR 5269 →180 ly apart
HD 107869 →190 ly apart
4 Cen →200 ly apart

Bright stars in Centaurus

Menkent →mag 2.1
Gam Cen →mag 2.2
Eps Cen →mag 2.3
Eta Cen →mag 2.3
Leepwal →mag 2.5
Del Cen →mag 2.6
Kulou →mag 2.8
Lam Cen →mag 3.1

Can you see it tonight?

BINOCULARS NEEDED

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.