M-type star · red

HR 614

HR 614 is a red in the constellation Pisces 809 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,600 K, about 0.6 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 166× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.3 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 809 years ago.

809 lybrightness mag 6.27M4

Also catalogued as HD 12872 · HIP 9809

3,600 K
temperature
6.27
apparent magnitude
166× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
M4
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
809 years
at light speed from Earth
0.62×
as hot as the Sun
166×
the Sun's light output
-0.70
absolute magnitude
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Brightness mag 6.3To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Pisces

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.