M-type star · red

HR 5496

HR 5496 is a red in the constellation Virgo 943 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,638 K, about 0.6 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 274× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.1 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 943 years ago.

943 lybrightness mag 6.06M1III

Also catalogued as HD 129902 · HIP 72122

3,638 K
temperature
6.06
apparent magnitude
274× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
M1III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
943 years
at light speed from Earth
0.63×
as hot as the Sun
274×
the Sun's light output
-1.25
absolute magnitude
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.1To 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.