M-type star · red

HD 129624

HD 129624 is a red in the constellation Lupus 1,279 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,662 K, about 0.6 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 355× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.4 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 1,279 years ago.

1,279 lybrightness mag 6.44K4III

Also catalogued as HIP 72135

3,662 K
temperature
6.44
apparent magnitude
355× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K4III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
1,279 years
at light speed from Earth
0.63×
as hot as the Sun
355×
the Sun's light output
-1.53
absolute magnitude
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HD 129624M-type
Sky regionLupusthis direction
StarHR 5358150 ly
StarHR 5450150 ly
StarHR 5488160 ly
StarUridimstar
StarBeta Lupstar
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Brightness mag 6.4To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Lupus

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.