M-type star · red

HR 6587

HR 6587 is a red in the constellation Scorpius 1,503 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,376 K, about 0.6 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 491× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.4 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 1,503 years ago.

1,503 lybrightness mag 6.44M1III

Also catalogued as HD 160748 · HIP 86716

3,376 K
temperature
6.44
apparent magnitude
491× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
M1III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
1,503 years
at light speed from Earth
0.58×
as hot as the Sun
491×
the Sun's light output
-1.88
absolute magnitude
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.4To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Scorpius

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.