K-type star · orange
73 Psc
73 Psc is an orange in the constellation Pisces 651 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,756 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 134× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.0 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 651 years ago.
Also catalogued as HR 307 · HD 6386 · HIP 5074
3,756 K
temperature
6.03
apparent magnitude
134× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K5III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
651 years
at light speed from Earth
0.65×
as hot as the Sun
134×
the Sun's light output
-0.47
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.