K-type star · orange

HR 636

HR 636 is an orange in the constellation Phoenix 365 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,999 K, about 0.9 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 32.39× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.3 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 365 years ago.

365 lybrightness mag 6.32G8III

Also catalogued as HD 13423 · HIP 10111

4,999 K
temperature
6.32
apparent magnitude
32.39× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
G8III
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
365 years
at light speed from Earth
0.87×
as hot as the Sun
32.39×
the Sun's light output
1.07
absolute magnitude
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HR 636K-type
Sky regionPhoenixthis direction
StarChi Phe15 ly
StarHR 65927 ly
StarPsi Phe33 ly
StarAnkaastar
StarBeta Phestar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Phoenix
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.3To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Phoenix

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.