K-type star · orange

HR 554

HR 554 is an orange in the constellation Fornax 362 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,461 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 39.41× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.1 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 362 years ago.

362 lybrightness mag 6.09K1/K2III

Also catalogued as HD 11643 · HIP 8820

4,461 K
temperature
6.09
apparent magnitude
39.41× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K1/K2III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
362 years
at light speed from Earth
0.77×
as hot as the Sun
39.41×
the Sun's light output
0.86
absolute magnitude
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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.