K-type star · orange
HR 653
HR 653 is an orange in the constellation Andromeda 362 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,674 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 30.31× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.4 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 362 years ago.
Also catalogued as HD 13818 · HIP 10562
4,674 K
temperature
6.37
apparent magnitude
30.31× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
G9III-IV
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
362 years
at light speed from Earth
0.81×
as hot as the Sun
30.31×
the Sun's light output
1.15
absolute magnitude
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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.