M-type star · red dwarf
Ross 614
Ross 614 is a red dwarf in the constellation Monoceros 13.5 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,528 K, about 0.6 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 0.0005× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 11.1 it is within reach of 4-6" (100-150 mm) telescope; the light you see left it 13 years ago.
Also catalogued as HIP 30920 · Gliese Gl 234A
3,528 K
temperature
11.12
apparent magnitude
0.0005× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
M4.5Ve
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
13 years
at light speed from Earth
0.61×
as hot as the Sun
0.0005×
the Sun's light output
13.04
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.