M-type star · red

HR 5331

HR 5331 is a red in the constellation Virgo 807 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,649 K, about 0.6 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 146× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.4 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 807 years ago.

807 lybrightness mag 6.41M4III

Also catalogued as HD 124681 · HIP 69614

3,649 K
temperature
6.41
apparent magnitude
146× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
M4III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
807 years
at light speed from Earth
0.63×
as hot as the Sun
146×
the Sun's light output
-0.56
absolute magnitude
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Brightness mag 6.4To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Virgo

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.