K-type star · orange

HD 11884

HD 11884 is an orange in the constellation Andromeda 2,219 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,303 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 1,031× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.5 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 2,219 years ago.

2,219 lybrightness mag 6.48K0

Also catalogued as HIP 9163

4,303 K
temperature
6.48
apparent magnitude
1,031× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K0
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
2,219 years
at light speed from Earth
0.75×
as hot as the Sun
1,031×
the Sun's light output
-2.68
absolute magnitude
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HD 11884K-type
Sky regionAndromedathis direction
StarHR 376260 ly
StarHR 439460 ly
StarHR 482500 ly
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Bright stars in Andromeda
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.5To 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.