M-type star · red

HR 7568

HR 7568 is a red in the constellation Cygnus 2,652 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,613 K, about 0.6 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 2,032× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.1 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 2,652 years ago.

2,652 lybrightness mag 6.13M3III

Also catalogued as HD 187880 · HIP 97651

3,613 K
temperature
6.13
apparent magnitude
2,032× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
M3III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
2,652 years
at light speed from Earth
0.63×
as hot as the Sun
2,032×
the Sun's light output
-3.42
absolute magnitude
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.1To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Cygnus

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.