M-type star · red

HR 8145

HR 8145 is a red in the constellation Indus 1,896 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 2,814 K, about 0.5 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 1,020× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.2 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 1,896 years ago.

1,896 lybrightness mag 6.15C5II

Also catalogued as HD 202874 · HIP 105334

2,814 K
temperature
6.15
apparent magnitude
1,020× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
C5II
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
1,896 years
at light speed from Earth
0.49×
as hot as the Sun
1,020×
the Sun's light output
-2.67
absolute magnitude
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HR 8145M-type
Sky regionIndusthis direction
Star13 PsA630 ly
StarHR 7537710 ly
StarHD 196829780 ly
StarAlpha Indstar
StarBeta Indstar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Indus
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.2To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Indus

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.