M-type star · red

HD 85461

HD 85461 is a red in the constellation Sextans 1,144 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,635 K, about 0.6 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 274× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.5 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 1,144 years ago.

1,144 lybrightness mag 6.48M2III:

Also catalogued as HIP 48375

3,635 K
temperature
6.48
apparent magnitude
274× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
M2III:
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
1,144 years
at light speed from Earth
0.63×
as hot as the Sun
274×
the Sun's light output
-1.25
absolute magnitude
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HD 85461M-type
Sky regionSextansthis direction
StarHR 395970 ly
Star37 Hya150 ly
StarHR 4122210 ly
StarAlpha Sexstar
StarGamma Sexstar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Sextans
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.5To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Sextans

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.