M-type star · red

HD 153389

HD 153389 is a red in the constellation Triangulum Australe 1,217 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,691 K, about 0.6 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 313× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.5 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 1,217 years ago.

1,217 lybrightness mag 6.47M3/M4III

Also catalogued as HIP 83556

3,691 K
temperature
6.47
apparent magnitude
313× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
M3/M4III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
1,217 years
at light speed from Earth
0.64×
as hot as the Sun
313×
the Sun's light output
-1.39
absolute magnitude
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HD 153389M-type
Sky regionTriangulum Australethis direction
StarIota Aps120 ly
StarKappa TrA130 ly
StarHR 6356140 ly
StarAtriastar
StarBeta TrAstar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Triangulum Australe
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.5To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Triangulum Australe

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.