M-type star · red

HR 2915

HR 2915 is a red in the constellation Lynx 870 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,649 K, about 0.6 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 180× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.3 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 870 years ago.

870 lybrightness mag 6.34M1

Also catalogued as HD 60654 · HIP 37091

3,649 K
temperature
6.34
apparent magnitude
180× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
M1
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
870 years
at light speed from Earth
0.63×
as hot as the Sun
180×
the Sun's light output
-0.79
absolute magnitude
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HR 2915M-type
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.3To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Lynx

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.