M-type star · red

HR 5513

HR 5513 is a red in the constellation Libra 1,647 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,582 K, about 0.6 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 845× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.0 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 1,647 years ago.

1,647 lybrightness mag 6.05K4/K5III

Also catalogued as HD 130157 · HIP 72310

3,582 K

temperature

6.05

apparent magnitude

845× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

K4/K5III

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

1,647 years

at light speed from Earth

0.62×

as hot as the Sun

845×

the Sun's light output

-2.47

absolute magnitude

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HR 5513M-type

Sky regionLibrathis direction

Star5 Lib250 ly

StarHR 5376470 ly

Star1 Lup480 ly

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BINOCULARS NEEDED

Brightness mag 6.0To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Libra

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.