M-type star · red

HD 125279

HD 125279 is a red in the constellation Hydra 903 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,662 K, about 0.6 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 193× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.3 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 903 years ago.

903 lybrightness mag 6.35K5III

Also catalogued as HIP 69977

3,662 K
temperature
6.35
apparent magnitude
193× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K5III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
903 years
at light speed from Earth
0.63×
as hot as the Sun
193×
the Sun's light output
-0.86
absolute magnitude
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HD 125279M-type
Sky regionHydrathis direction
StarHR 5521160 ly
Star55 Hya190 ly
StarHR 5688210 ly
StarGamma Hyastar
StarZeta Hyastar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Hydra
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.3To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Hydra

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.