M-type star · red

HR 688

617 lybrightness mag 5.81K5III

Also catalogued as HD 14641 · HIP 10871

3,691 K

temperature

5.81

apparent magnitude

148× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

K5III

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

617 years

at light speed from Earth

0.64×

as hot as the Sun

148×

the Sun's light output

-0.57

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 688M-type

Sky regionHorologiumthis direction

Nearest stars

HR 519 →80 ly apart
HD 11965 →87 ly apart
HR 866 →120 ly apart
HR 584 →120 ly apart
HR 281 →130 ly apart
Kap Eri →140 ly apart

Bright stars in Horologium

Alp Hor →mag 3.9
Del Hor →mag 4.9
Bet Hor →mag 5.0
Mu Hor →mag 5.1
Zet Hor →mag 5.2
Nu Hor →mag 5.3
Eta Hor →mag 5.3
Lam Hor →mag 5.4

Can you see it tonight?

VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE

Brightness mag 5.8To see it no equipment neededLook toward Horologium

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.