M-type star · red

HR 3580

HR 3580 is a red in the constellation Lynx 1,212 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,688 K, about 0.6 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 395× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.2 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 1,212 years ago.

1,212 lybrightness mag 6.21K5

Also catalogued as HD 76944 · HIP 44231

3,688 K
temperature
6.21
apparent magnitude
395× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K5
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
1,212 years
at light speed from Earth
0.64×
as hot as the Sun
395×
the Sun's light output
-1.64
absolute magnitude
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Brightness mag 6.2To 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.