K-type star · orange

HR 621

HR 621 is an orange in the constellation Perseus 574 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,871 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 80.76× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.3 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 574 years ago.

574 lybrightness mag 6.31G8III

Also catalogued as HD 13137 · HIP 10115

4,871 K
temperature
6.31
apparent magnitude
80.76× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
G8III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
574 years
at light speed from Earth
0.84×
as hot as the Sun
80.76×
the Sun's light output
0.08
absolute magnitude
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.3To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Perseus

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.