M-type star · red

HR 5152

HR 5152 is a red in the constellation Centaurus 847 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,553 K, about 0.6 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 157× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.4 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 847 years ago.

847 lybrightness mag 6.43M0III

Also catalogued as HD 119193 · HIP 66923

3,553 K
temperature
6.43
apparent magnitude
157× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
M0III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
847 years
at light speed from Earth
0.62×
as hot as the Sun
157×
the Sun's light output
-0.64
absolute magnitude
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HR 5152M-type
Sky regionCentaurusthis direction
StarHR 529668 ly
StarHR 521771 ly
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Brightness mag 6.4To 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.