M-type star · red

HR 5073

HR 5073 is a red in the constellation Ursa Minor 1,173 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,578 K, about 0.6 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 530× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 5.8 it is bright enough to see with the naked eye; the light you see left it 1,173 years ago.

1,173 lybrightness mag 5.82M1III

Also catalogued as HD 117187 · HIP 65536

3,578 K
temperature
5.82
apparent magnitude
530× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
M1III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
1,173 years
at light speed from Earth
0.62×
as hot as the Sun
530×
the Sun's light output
-1.96
absolute magnitude
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HR 5073M-type
Sky regionUrsa Minorthis direction
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VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE
Brightness mag 5.8To see it no equipment neededLook toward Ursa Minor

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.