M-type star · red

HR 6576

HR 6576 is a red in the constellation Ara 1,204 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,566 K, about 0.6 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 365× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.3 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 1,204 years ago.

1,204 lybrightness mag 6.28M3III

Also catalogued as HD 160342 · HIP 86628

3,566 K
temperature
6.28
apparent magnitude
365× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
M3III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
1,204 years
at light speed from Earth
0.62×
as hot as the Sun
365×
the Sun's light output
-1.55
absolute magnitude
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HR 6576M-type
Sky regionArathis direction
StarHR 6374140 ly
StarGamma Ara160 ly
StarHR 6438190 ly
StarBeta Arastar
StarAlpha Arastar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Ara
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.3To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Ara

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.