K-type star · orange

HR 600

HR 600 is an orange in the constellation Hydrus 446 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,356 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 59.54× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.1 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 446 years ago.

446 lybrightness mag 6.09K2III

Also catalogued as HD 12477 · HIP 9318

4,356 K
temperature
6.09
apparent magnitude
59.54× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K2III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
446 years
at light speed from Earth
0.75×
as hot as the Sun
59.54×
the Sun's light output
0.41
absolute magnitude
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Brightness mag 6.1To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Hydrus

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.