K-type star · orange dwarf

Citadelle

Citadelle is an orange dwarf in the constellation Pisces 519 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,943 K, about 0.9 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 10.00× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 8.4 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 519 years ago.

519 lybrightness mag 8.36K0

Also catalogued as HD 1502 · HIP 1547

4,943 K
temperature
8.36
apparent magnitude
10.00× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K0
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
519 years
at light speed from Earth
0.86×
as hot as the Sun
10.00×
the Sun's light output
2.35
absolute magnitude
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CitadelleK-type
Sky regionPiscesthis direction
Star42 Psc20 ly
StarHR 6931 ly
Star47 Psc41 ly
StarAlphergstar
StarGamma Pscstar
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Bright stars in Pisces
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 8.4To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Pisces

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.