K-type star · orange dwarf

HR 551

294 lybrightness mag 6.25K2

Also catalogued as HD 11613 · HIP 8922

4,191 K

temperature

6.25

apparent magnitude

22.43× ☉

luminosity vs Sun

spectral type

Distance & comparison with our Sun

294 years

at light speed from Earth

0.73×

as hot as the Sun

22.43×

the Sun's light output

1.47

absolute magnitude

Explore from here · roam the neighborhood

HR 551K-type

Sky regionAndromedathis direction

Nearest stars

56 And →29 ly apart
HR 490 →36 ly apart
49 And →40 ly apart
7 Tri →45 ly apart
52Chi And →49 ly apart
HR 768 →51 ly apart

Bright stars in Andromeda

Alpheratz →mag 2.1
Mirach →mag 2.1
Almach →mag 2.1
31Del And →mag 3.3
Nembus →mag 3.6
Alfarasalkamil →mag 3.6
Udkadua →mag 3.8
37Mu And →mag 3.9

Can you see it tonight?

BINOCULARS NEEDED

Brightness mag 6.3To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Andromeda

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.