K-type star · orange

Gamma¹ For

Gamma¹ For is an orange in the constellation Fornax 436 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,748 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 54.45× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.1 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 436 years ago.

436 lybrightness mag 6.14K0III

Also catalogued as HR 844 · HD 17713 · HIP 13197

4,748 K
temperature
6.14
apparent magnitude
54.45× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K0III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
436 years
at light speed from Earth
0.82×
as hot as the Sun
54.45×
the Sun's light output
0.51
absolute magnitude
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Gamma¹ ForK-type
Sky regionFornaxthis direction
StarAyeyarwady34 ly
StarGamma² For35 ly
StarHR 90047 ly
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.1To 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.