M-type star · red

HD 90057

HD 90057 is a red in the constellation Sextans 1,388 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,648 K, about 0.6 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 439× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.4 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 1,388 years ago.

1,388 lybrightness mag 6.39K5

Also catalogued as HIP 50893

3,648 K
temperature
6.39
apparent magnitude
439× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K5
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
1,388 years
at light speed from Earth
0.63×
as hot as the Sun
439×
the Sun's light output
-1.75
absolute magnitude
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HD 90057M-type
Sky regionSextansthis direction
StarHR 4122270 ly
StarHR 3959290 ly
StarHD 85461340 ly
StarAlpha Sexstar
StarGamma Sexstar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Sextans
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.4To 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.