M-type star · red

HR 5052

HR 5052 is a red in the constellation Canes Venatici 1,161 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,598 K, about 0.6 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 400× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.1 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 1,161 years ago.

1,161 lybrightness mag 6.10M3III

Also catalogued as HD 116581 · HIP 65376

3,598 K
temperature
6.10
apparent magnitude
400× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
M3III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
1,161 years
at light speed from Earth
0.62×
as hot as the Sun
400×
the Sun's light output
-1.66
absolute magnitude
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HR 5052M-type
Sky regionCanes Venaticithis direction
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.1To 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.