M-type star · red

HR 5615

HR 5615 is a red in the constellation Lupus 940 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,570 K, about 0.6 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 224× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.3 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 940 years ago.

940 lybrightness mag 6.27K5III

Also catalogued as HD 133550 · HIP 73901

3,570 K
temperature
6.27
apparent magnitude
224× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K5III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
940 years
at light speed from Earth
0.62×
as hot as the Sun
224×
the Sun's light output
-1.03
absolute magnitude
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HR 5615M-type
Sky regionLupusthis direction
StarHR 568899 ly
StarDelta Lup100 ly
StarHR 5549120 ly
StarUridimstar
StarBeta Lupstar
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Brightness mag 6.3To 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.