M-type star · red
HR 3541
HR 3541 is a red in the constellation Cancer 1,117 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 2,407 K, about 0.4 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 314× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.3 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 1,117 years ago.
Also catalogued as HD 76221 · HIP 43811
2,407 K
temperature
6.28
apparent magnitude
314× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
C6II
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
1,117 years
at light speed from Earth
0.42×
as hot as the Sun
314×
the Sun's light output
-1.39
absolute magnitude
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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.