M-type star · red

HR 5510

HR 5510 is a red in the constellation Boötes 809 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,635 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 6.27M1III

Also catalogued as HD 130084 · HIP 72124

3,635 K
temperature
6.27
apparent magnitude
166× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
M1III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
809 years
at light speed from Earth
0.63×
as hot as the Sun
166×
the Sun's light output
-0.70
absolute magnitude
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HR 5510M-type
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.3To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Boötes

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.