K-type star · orange

HR 609

HR 609 is an orange in the constellation Aries 889 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 3,912 K, about 0.7 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 206× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.2 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 889 years ago.

889 lybrightness mag 6.24K4III

Also catalogued as HD 12594 · HIP 9627

3,912 K
temperature
6.24
apparent magnitude
206× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K4III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
889 years
at light speed from Earth
0.68×
as hot as the Sun
206×
the Sun's light output
-0.94
absolute magnitude
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.2To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Aries

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.