M-type star · red

HR 6022

HR 6022 is a red in the constellation Norma 1,599 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,206 K, about 0.6 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 811× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.0 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 1,599 years ago.

1,599 lybrightness mag 6.03M0III

Also catalogued as HD 145384 · HIP 79490

3,206 K
temperature
6.03
apparent magnitude
811× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
M0III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
1,599 years
at light speed from Earth
0.56×
as hot as the Sun
811×
the Sun's light output
-2.42
absolute magnitude
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HR 6022M-type
Sky regionNormathis direction
StarHR 597999 ly
StarGamma¹ Nor160 ly
StarHR 5738200 ly
StarGamma² Norstar
StarEpsilon Norstar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Norma
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.0To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Norma

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.