M-type star · red

HR 871

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

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 871M-type

Sky regionHorologiumthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 977 →160 ly apart
HR 435 →300 ly apart
HR 929 →310 ly apart
HR 700 →360 ly apart
HR 1323 →370 ly apart
HR 1429 →380 ly apart

Bright stars in Horologium

Alp Hor →mag 3.9
Del Hor →mag 4.9
Bet Hor →mag 5.0
Mu Hor →mag 5.1
Zet Hor →mag 5.2
Nu Hor →mag 5.3
Eta Hor →mag 5.3
Lam Hor →mag 5.4

Can you see it tonight?

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.