M-type star · red

HR 5677

HR 5677 is a red in the constellation Boötes 1,204 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,601 K, about 0.6 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 423× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.1 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 1,204 years ago.

1,204 lybrightness mag 6.12M2III

Also catalogued as HD 135530 · HIP 74571

3,601 K
temperature
6.12
apparent magnitude
423× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
M2III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
1,204 years
at light speed from Earth
0.62×
as hot as the Sun
423×
the Sun's light output
-1.72
absolute magnitude
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.1To 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.