M-type star · red

HR 1587

HR 1587 is a red in the constellation Camelopardalis 1,546 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,637 K, about 0.6 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 642× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.2 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 1,546 years ago.

1,546 lybrightness mag 6.21K0

Also catalogued as HD 31563 · HIP 23582

3,637 K
temperature
6.21
apparent magnitude
642× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K0
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
1,546 years
at light speed from Earth
0.63×
as hot as the Sun
642×
the Sun's light output
-2.17
absolute magnitude
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HR 1587M-type
Sky regionCamelopardalisthis direction
StarHD 3445073 ly
StarHR 1885350 ly
StarHR 1205380 ly
StarBeta Camstar
StarAlpha Camstar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Camelopardalis
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.2To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Camelopardalis

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.