M-type star · red

HR 871

HR 871 is a red in the constellation Horologium 1,144 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,690 K, about 0.6 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 349× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.2 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 1,144 years ago.

1,144 lybrightness mag 6.22K4III

Also catalogued as HD 18265 · HIP 13518

3,690 K
temperature
6.22
apparent magnitude
349× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K4III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
1,144 years
at light speed from Earth
0.64×
as hot as the Sun
349×
the Sun's light output
-1.51
absolute magnitude
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HR 871M-type
Sky regionHorologiumthis direction
StarHR 977160 ly
StarHR 435300 ly
StarHR 929310 ly
StarAlpha Horstar
StarDelta Horstar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Horologium
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.2To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Horologium

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.