M-type star · red

HR 3618

HR 3618 is a red in the constellation Hydra 813 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,584 K, about 0.6 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 186× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.2 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 813 years ago.

813 lybrightness mag 6.16M1III

Also catalogued as HD 78196 · HIP 44738

3,584 K
temperature
6.16
apparent magnitude
186× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
M1III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
813 years
at light speed from Earth
0.62×
as hot as the Sun
186×
the Sun's light output
-0.82
absolute magnitude
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HR 3618M-type
Sky regionHydrathis direction
StarOmega Hya99 ly
StarHR 3567130 ly
StarHR 3741140 ly
StarGamma Hyastar
StarZeta Hyastar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Hydra
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.2To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Hydra

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.