M-type star · red

HD 28595

HD 28595 is a red in the constellation Taurus 547 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,484 K, about 0.6 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 75.44× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.3 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 547 years ago.

547 lybrightness mag 6.28M3III

Also catalogued as HIP 21082

3,484 K
temperature
6.28
apparent magnitude
75.44× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
M3III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
547 years
at light speed from Earth
0.60×
as hot as the Sun
75.44×
the Sun's light output
0.16
absolute magnitude
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HD 28595M-type
Sky regionTaurusthis direction
StarHR 144656 ly
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Brightness mag 6.3To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Taurus

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.