M-type star · red

HR 8156

HR 8156 is a red in the constellation Pavo 1,315 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 2,646 K, about 0.5 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 436× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.3 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 1,315 years ago.

1,315 lybrightness mag 6.28C5II

Also catalogued as HD 203133 · HIP 105678

2,646 K
temperature
6.28
apparent magnitude
436× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
C5II
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
1,315 years
at light speed from Earth
0.46×
as hot as the Sun
436×
the Sun's light output
-1.75
absolute magnitude
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HR 8156M-type
Sky regionPavothis direction
StarHR 7383230 ly
StarHR 7663280 ly
StarHR 8509330 ly
StarPeacockstar
StarBeta Pavstar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Pavo
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.3To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Pavo

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.