M-type star · red

HR 8648

HR 8648 is a red in the constellation Lacerta 1,254 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,602 K, about 0.6 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 451× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.1 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 1,254 years ago.

1,254 lybrightness mag 6.14K2

Also catalogued as HD 215159 · HIP 112098

3,602 K
temperature
6.14
apparent magnitude
451× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K2
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
1,254 years
at light speed from Earth
0.62×
as hot as the Sun
451×
the Sun's light output
-1.78
absolute magnitude
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HR 8648M-type
Sky regionLacertathis direction
StarHR 8692120 ly
StarHR 8707140 ly
StarHR 8519160 ly
StarStelliostar
Star1 Lacstar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Lacerta
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.1To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Lacerta

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.