M-type star · red

HR 9073

HR 9073 is a red in the constellation Sculptor 738 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,650 K, about 0.6 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 259× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 5.6 it is bright enough to see with the naked eye; the light you see left it 738 years ago.

738 lybrightness mag 5.59K5III

Also catalogued as HD 224630 · HIP 118277

3,650 K
temperature
5.59
apparent magnitude
259× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K5III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
738 years
at light speed from Earth
0.63×
as hot as the Sun
259×
the Sun's light output
-1.18
absolute magnitude
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HR 9073M-type
Sky regionSculptorthis direction
StarKappa² Scl70 ly
StarHR 909699 ly
StarHR 54130 ly
StarAlpha Sclstar
StarBeta Sclstar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Sculptor
Can you see it tonight?
VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE
Brightness mag 5.6To see it no equipment neededLook toward Sculptor

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.