K-type star · orange

Eta¹ For

Eta¹ For is an orange in the constellation Fornax 498 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,836 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 50.54× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.5 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 498 years ago.

498 lybrightness mag 6.51K0/K1III

Also catalogued as HR 835 · HD 17528 · HIP 13040

4,836 K
temperature
6.51
apparent magnitude
50.54× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K0/K1III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
498 years
at light speed from Earth
0.84×
as hot as the Sun
50.54×
the Sun's light output
0.59
absolute magnitude
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Eta¹ ForK-type
Sky regionFornaxthis direction
StarHR 74239 ly
StarEta³ For39 ly
StarEta² For48 ly
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Bright stars in Fornax
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.5To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Fornax

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.