M-type star · red

HR 1598

HR 1598 is a red in the constellation Dorado 1,195 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,594 K, about 0.6 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 313× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.4 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 1,195 years ago.

1,195 lybrightness mag 6.43M0/M1III

Also catalogued as HD 31754 · HIP 22737

3,594 K
temperature
6.43
apparent magnitude
313× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
M0/M1III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
1,195 years
at light speed from Earth
0.62×
as hot as the Sun
313×
the Sun's light output
-1.39
absolute magnitude
Explore from here · roam the neighborhood
HR 1598M-type
Sky regionDoradothis direction
StarHR 2073150 ly
StarHR 1964190 ly
StarHR 2337220 ly
StarAlpha Dorstar
StarGamma Dorstar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Dorado
Can you see it tonight?
BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.4To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Dorado

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.